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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 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 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 0.54-30 MHz in 4 bands 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Tubes Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations AM   CW   - -
RF-output 50 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Li-Ion
Current RX - ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 196x and 196x in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
?
Weight ? 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-DX-000060 KENWOOD-000009R-59DE AOR-AR-DV000010