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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ±2,5 p.p.m. (-20 °C bis +60 °C) ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 144-146 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations - FM   CW  
RF-output ? High: 60 W, Medium: ? W, Low: ? W 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? 1 A 55 mA
TX - 13 A max 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between USA and USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000391 KENWOOD-TM-000271E YOUKITS-HB-000001A