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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz

Receiver

RX-range 30 m 10-160 m
1.8-2.0 / 3.5-4.1 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-28.5 / 28.5-29.1 / 29.1-29.7 MHz
9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N 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)
Selectivity ? 0.5 / 1 / 2.1 / 3.8 kHz @ -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. ? 3500 / 450 kHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
Image rejection ? ? 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB
Audio output ? Requires external speaker. 3 W output 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range 30 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 20 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50-80Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1962 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 407 × 215 × 332 mm
(16.02 × 8.46 × 13.07 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight ? 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station PC-card

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KANTRONICS-KT-000130 K.W.-ELECTRONICS-000077 WINRADIO-WR-G000313I