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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ±2ppm ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 5/6.25/10/12.5/25 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 or 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz 0.05-30 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25µV (12dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity 12.5/25kHz ? ?
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 500mW @ <5% THD ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 or 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz - 160-6 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 7.4V DC Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 20xx in China Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 59 × 126 × 41 mm
(2.32 × 4.96 × 1.61 in)
? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 328 gr (11.6 oz) with antenna and battery ? ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Audio scrambler (optional)
DTMF
PTT-ID
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
Time-out timer
PC programmable
? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WOUXUN-KG-000619 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008709-2 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M