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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-956 MHz 0.5-55 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV
50-54 MHz: 2 uV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-20 MHz: 0.35 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.35 uV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 uV
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double (AM/SSB/CW) /triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st IF: 70.455 MHz
2nd IF: 10.695 MHz
3rd IF: 455 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? 70 dB
Audio output ? 1.8 W 0.6 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 50 W ? 0.5-5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 9-15 V DC (3800 mAh battery)
Current RX ? 500 mA max 660 mA
TX ? - 2.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 2004 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
276 × 86 × 190 mm
(10.87 × 3.39 × 7.48 in)
160 × 99 × 46 mm
(6.30 × 3.90 × 1.81 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 940 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories ? 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
VFO mode
SAME w/FIPS
PC programmable
S-meter
Rotary control
Auto store
Data skip
Backlit display
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola (type I, II & hybrid), EDACS & LTR systems
3.6" LCD
IF output
Built-in auto-ATU
Backlit buttons
Memory keyer
AF-DSP
Internal or external microphone
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000898T XIEGU-X005105