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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.05-30 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? DSP Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type SMA
Impedance ? 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Li-Ion
Current RX ? 35 W ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 482 × 133 × 508 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 20.00 in)
?
Weight ? 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN K.W.-ELECTRONICS-002000B WATKINS-JOHNSON-HF-001000 AOR-AR-DV000010