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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160m, incl. 30m + WWV 0.51-1.6 / 26.960-27.260 MHz (23 CB-channels) 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   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 Double conversion superheterodyne ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 57 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - Channel 14 only 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - AM   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? 100 mW 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic BNC
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9 V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1961 Between 1970 and 197x Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight ? ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 RME-006902 ARCHER-SPACE-PATROL ICOM-IC-000705