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Desktop Transceiver
USB Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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 26.965-27.405 MHz Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   All mode   FSK   AFSK   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 ? SDR RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
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 4 W ? 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 5 V DC (USB) 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx 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 Dongle Mobile

Other features

Memories 40 channels in bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full-Speed USB 2.0 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 SPARKOMATIC-CB-005000 OPEN-SOURCE-YARD-STICK-ONE ICOM-IC-000705