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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? Marginal ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous tuning ?

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) Unpublished ?
Selectivity ? Unpublished FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? L/C ?
Receiver system ? 5 tubes, Single conversion, oscillating IF RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations CW   - AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 1-4 W ? 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 52-600Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC Mains (AC or DC) 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 34-45 mA 30 W @ 110 V AC ?
TX 300-700 mA - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
330 × 190 × 225 mm
(12.99 × 7.48 × 8.86 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038D ICOM-IC-000705