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4 Band QRP CW Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 3.2-16 MHz 3-32 MHz
0.5-3 MHz with reduced sensitivity
9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity 4 crystal filter, 400Hz-3KHz continued adjustable ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR using high-performance 32-bit floating-point DSP Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 400 Hz - 3 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 8ohm load about 0.1W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5-4 / 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
80 / 40 / 30 / 20 m
80-10 m ham bands -
Modulations CW   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 4-5 W @ 13.8 V 80-15m: 10W max, 12-10m: 8W max ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SO-239 + N-type
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.1 V battery pack or 9-14 V DC 6.5-14V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 60 mA 135 mA ?
TX 800 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 201x and 201x Between 2016 and 201x in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 132 × 85 × 35 mm
(5.20 × 3.35 × 1.38 in)
147 × 71 × 38 mm
(5.79 × 2.80 × 1.50 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 380 gr (13.4 oz) 370 gr (13.1 oz) without options 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Auto key w/ adjustable speed Built-in PSK/TTY decode/encode
Built-in QSK keyer
Built-in speaker
Low-profile knops and feet
Rear tilt foot
High contrast alphanumeric LCD
Integrated numeric keypad for direct frequency entry
Computer control via supplied USB or RS232 cable
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
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