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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Hi-End Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 0.2 PPM ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 14-14.5 MHz General coverage
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? 270 / 500 Hz / 2.7 / 6 kHz
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? DSP
IF-freqs. 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 14-14.5 MHz 160-10 + 6m
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? SSB: 20 W (PEP), CW: 20 W 50 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? Max 700 mA ?
TX - Max 5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1987 and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 201x
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
?
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Dual TFT display (7" + 3.5")
Band scope
Audio scope
Dual receivers
Triple 32-bit DSPs
Internal automatic antenna tuner (ATU)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000630 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HT-000120 KENWOOD-TS-000990D