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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m  15m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz 3-32 MHz
0.5-3 MHz with reduced sensitivity
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR using high-performance 32-bit floating-point DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 15 + 40m 80-10 m ham bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 10 W 1/10 W 80-15m: 10W max, 12-10m: 8W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-15 V DC 6.5-14V DC
Current RX ? ? 135 mA
TX ? 3 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan Between 2016 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
147 × 71 × 38 mm
(5.79 × 2.80 × 1.50 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna 370 gr (13.1 oz) without options
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK ? Built-in PSK/TTY decode/encode
Built-in QSK keyer
Built-in speaker
Low-profile knops and feet
Rear tilt foot
High contrast alphanumeric LCD
Integrated numeric keypad for direct frequency entry
Computer control via supplied USB or RS232 cable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000100S JRC-JST-000010A ELECRAFT-KX000002