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Base Station HF Transceiver
Desktop SDR transceiver | 100 W | HF / 2 / 6m
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz Software defined 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 30 kHz - 29.999 MHz 0.09-65 / 95-148 MHz 118-174 / 220-260 / 350-390 / 400-490 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity CW: 0.2 µV / 10 dB
AM: 1 µV / 10 dB
FM: 0.2 µV
? FM: 0.18 µV
N-FM: 0.22 µV
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB
3.6 kHz @ -40 dB
AM: 6 kHz
CW: 200-1200 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double (AM/CW/SSB) / triple (FM) conversion SDR ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Software defined ?
Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output internal speaker ? >2W@5%

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 0-160 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   All mode   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 1-10 W HF: 100 W, VHF: 30 W VHF: 50/25/10/5 W, UHF: 35/25/10/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 12-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 700 mA 1 A 0.8 A
TX 4 A 5 A max 10 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2013 and 20xx in China Between 2013 and 201x in Russia Between 2013 and 20xx in Taiwan
Dimensions 230 × 230 × 90 mm
(9.06 × 9.06 × 3.54 in)
320 × 140 × 250 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 9.84 in)
140 × 40 × 212 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 8.35 in)
Weight 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s) 758 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features USB interface
LCD display
Built-in keyer
Built-in ATU
7" LCD, 1280x800 pixels
HDMI connector for external display
2 USB connectors
RS-232 (serial) / RJ-45 (ethernet)
WiFi optional
GPS optional
ATU optional
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CHINESE-KN-000920 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-SUNSDR-MB000001 ADI-AM-000580