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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/50MHz Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability 300 Hz ≥ ±0.05 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz minimum 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/30/40 m 0.03-60 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S/N) SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK (BW=2.4 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.100–1.799 MHz 0.5 µV (pre-amp 1 ON)
1.800–29.990 MHz 0.16 µV (pre-amp 1 ON)
50.000–54.000 MHz 0.13 µV (pre-amp 2 ON)
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.100–1.799 MHz 6.3 µV (pre-amp 1 ON)
1.800–29.990 MHz 2 µV (pre-amp 1 ON)
50.000–54.000 MHz 1 µV (pre-amp 2 ON)
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
28.000–29.990 MHz 0.5 µV (pre-amp 1 ON)
50.000–54.000 MHz 0.32 µV (pre-amp 2 ON)
?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB, RTTY (BW=2.4 kHz) More than 2.4 kHz/–3 dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/–60 dB
CW/RTTY/PSK (BW=500 Hz) More than 500 Hz/–3 dB
Less than 700 Hz/–60 dB
AM (BW=6 kHz) More than 6.0 kHz/–3 dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/–60 dB
FM (BW=15 kHz) More than 12.0 kHz/–6 dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/–60 dB
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Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 / 1.2 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 64.455 MHz (MAIN band), 64.555 MHz (SUB band)
2nd: 36 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 15/30/40 m 160-6 m
2000 m option
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Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output 100 W 5-200 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (85-265 V AC) 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? 150 VA ?
TX ? 800 VA max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 2014 and 201x in Japan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
425 × 149 × 435 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 17.13 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 23.50 kg (51.8 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 7-inch display
Waterfall / scope
USB, Ethernet, SP/DIF
SD Card
Antenna tuner
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000003 ICOM-IC-007850 WHISTLER-WS001040