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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 1-15 MHz in 5 bands 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   CW   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV ? 0.16µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 0.5 W ? 500mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC Internal NiCd batteries and vibrator supply unit 7.4V DC
Current RX 50 W 1 A max (lamp on), 0.5 A without lamp ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 195x and 196x in USSR Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
? 59 × 119 × 37 mm
(2.32 × 4.69 × 1.46 in)
Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version ? 246 gr (8.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
No AGC Speech synthesizer
DCS/CTCSS/DTMF
Stopwatch
PC-programmable
CE-compliant
Built-in flashlight
Alpha tags
Roger beep
VOX
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 MILITARY-R-000311 WOUXUN-KG-UV000002D