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PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C) Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional) 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end Double conversion superheterodyne PLL (uPD2824C)
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB > 60 dB ?
Audio output 600 ohm line audio 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 100 W max AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. From PCI interface Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 32 W ?
TX - 295 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
?
Weight 330 gr (11.6 oz) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor PC-card Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
NB/ANL
PA
Dimmer
Instant channel 9 button
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-G000313I KENWOOD-TS-000830M PRESIDENT-AR-000144