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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 1240-1300 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 1240-1300 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) 11-16V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 40W Max 700 mA 1.7 A
TX - Max 5.5 A 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1990 and 19xx Between 2017 and 2024 in USA
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B KENWOOD-TM-000531E FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400