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Desktop Shortwave receiver
APCO-25 Decoder
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)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? n/a ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54 - 31 MHz in 6 bands n/a 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? n/a ?
Selectivity ? n/a FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? n/a ?
Receiver system ? SDR RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - n/a 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - All mode   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 1960 in USA Between 2002 and 20xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight ? ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 TMC-GPR-000090 AOR-ARD005000 ICOM-IC-000705