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Base Station VHF Receiver
Headless Amateur Receiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  1.25m  4m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. @ -30 to +85°C (-22 to +185°F) ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps ? Software dependent 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 30-330 MHz 0.001-2000 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   Multiple (Software defined)   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External speaker or headphones ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - ? 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - - AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)  
RF-output - ? 8 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SMA BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 5 V DC (USB-C 9-15 V DC, 3200 mAh Li-ion
Current RX ? < 600 mA 550 mA
TX - ? 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany Between 2024 and 20xx in Great Britain Between 2024 and 202x in China
Dimensions 570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
200 × 40 × 105 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 4.13 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in antenna tuner
4" color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG SDRPLAY-NRSP-ST XIEGU-X006200