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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld DSP Receiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? (0⁰C – 50⁰C) 0.5 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps ? 9 / 10 / 100 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 μV
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Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single / double conversion superheterodyne SDR, SDR, Direct Sampling SDR 245.76Msps – 16 bit
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
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Image rejection Better than 50 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 450 mW 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
RF-output Max 100 W ? 160m-6m Transmitter Output: 1-100W (25W AM)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 3.7 v Li-ion battery 13.8 V DC +/- 15% (14 V DC Nominal)
Current RX 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off) ? 1.7 A
TX 15 A max. - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia Between 2024 and 202x in USA
Dimensions 333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
356 × 171 × 337 mm
(14.02 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Headless

Other features

Memories ? 650 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Optional Integrated Automatic Antenna Tuner Range: 3:1 SWR
Optional Continuous MARS/CAP Coverage with Extended Transmit Filter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000520 TECSUN-PL-000880 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-008600