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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up Stated as +/- 10ppm @ 25°C
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz 0.001 kHz 5 or 12.5 kHz depending on version. Can be reprogrammed by changing internal diode matrix in any multiple of 5 kHz from 5-40 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 14 kHz - 30 MHz 143.000-148.995 MHz (A)
144.000-148.9875 MHz (E)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
S/N ≤ 35 dB: 1uv
S/N ≤ 20 dB: 0.35 µV
SINAD ≤ 10%: 0.5 µV
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz ± 6 kHz at -6 dB
± 16 kHz at -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? > 80 dB ≥ 70 dB
Audio output 0.5 W ? ≥ 1.5 W @ 10% THD into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 143.000-148.995 MHz (A)
144.000-148.9875 MHz (E)
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 25 W, Low: 3 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - 5 pin DIN connector for some sort of a control interface unit.
3.5mm phono connector for external speaker (8Ω)

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 50 W ? 600 mA max
TX - - 6.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 1980 and 198x
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
? 180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version ? 2.25 kg (5.0 lbs) body only
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 RFT-EKD-000100 KDK-FM-002025A/E-MK-II