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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 3-32 MHz
0.5-3 MHz with reduced sensitivity
29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system SDR using high-performance 32-bit floating-point DSP Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m ham bands -
Modulations CW   SSB   -
RF-output 80-15m: 10W max, 12-10m: 8W max ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 135 mA ?
TX ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2016 and 201x in USA Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 147 × 71 × 38 mm
(5.79 × 2.80 × 1.50 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 370 gr (13.1 oz) without options 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 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
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000002 WHISTLER-WS001040