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

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 0.03-60 / 108-174 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 1-4 W 5-100 W (AM: 5-40 W) 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 34-45 mA 2.2-3 A ?
TX 300-700 mA Max 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
287 × 120 × 316 mm
(11.30 × 4.72 × 12.44 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 9.00 kg (19.9 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. 32 bit DSP, CI-V Auto-ATU: 17-150 ohms (HF), 20-125 ohms (6 m) 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 ICOM-IC-000746-PRO ICOM-IC-000705