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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  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  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 0.15-30 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 100 W Max 100 W (AM: 50 W) 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-16V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX - 1.9 A ?
TX ? Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 19xx Between 1986 and 19xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? 270 × 96 × 313 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.32 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight ? 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Auto-AT option. 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 DRAKE-T-000004X KENWOOD-TS-000440S ICOM-IC-000705