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Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range ? 28.0-29.7 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? AM/FM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m 28.0-29.7 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output SSB: 2 kW PEP, CW: 1 kW (with 100 W drive) AM/FM 1 / 4 W, SSB: 1 / 7 W 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120/240 V AC) 7.2-13.8 V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 20A @ 120V, 10A @ 240V 50 mA ?
TX ? 1.2 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in USA Between 200x and 20xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 378 × 209 × 398 mm
(14.88 × 8.23 × 15.67 in)
63 × 169 × 39 mm
(2.48 × 6.65 × 1.54 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 21.70 kg (47.9 lbs) 400 gr (14.1 oz) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators 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 HEATHKIT-SB-000220 ALBRECHT-AE-000201S ICOM-IC-000705