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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Amateur Portable Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160m, incl. 30m + WWV ? 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 57 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - ? 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1961 Between 2010 and 201x in China Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight ? ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN RME-006902 CRKITS-KN-Q000008 ICOM-IC-000705