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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Direct Sampling SDR HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.25 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 8 fixed crystal positions 0.1-54 MHz (2 m/70 cm optional)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct-sampling SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m (2m / 70cm optional)
Modulations CW   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
RF-output 1-4 W ? 0.1-10 / 0.1-100

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 12V DC 12-15V DC
Current RX 34-45 mA 210 mA max 2 A
TX 300-700 mA - 23 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 196x and 196x in Great Britain Between 2019 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
? 343 × 114 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 4.49 × 10.00 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options ? 4.54 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 144 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. ? Modular hybrid design for easy upgrade and expansion
DSP 7" color touch
display
HDMI video output
Ethernet jack
Remote control
Single or dual panadapter
USB-jacks
RS-232C
Transverter I/O
Iambic keyer
Twin RX
Real-time clock
Built-in help system
Linux-based computing module
Accessories ? ? Comes with KDIV4 option, a second set of band-pass filters and additional direct-sampling ADC module, plus our dual superhet module, the KHDR4.
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 EDDYSTONE-000962 ELECRAFT-K000004HD