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Desktop Shortwave receiver
6m / 10m Transverter
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ±2.5 p.p.m. (–20℃ to +60℃ on the basis of 25℃)
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 10m -> 50-54 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   All mode   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV ? FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output 0.5 W ? 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10m <- 50-54 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - All mode   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 16 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 SMA
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 12-16 V DC or mains 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX 50 W ? 400 mA
TX - ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
168 × 153 × 336 mm
(6.61 × 6.02 × 13.23 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight 24.00 kg (52.9 lbs) table top version 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 4154 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
Built-in speaker D-Star concept
Built-in GPS/GLONASS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
2.3" colour display
Bluetooth enabled
Waterfall display
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? Accessories for the ID-51E/ID-31E such as battery packs and microphones can be used
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 KENWOOD-TV-000506 ICOM-ID-000052E