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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ±2.5 p.p.m. (–20℃ to +60℃ on the basis of 25℃)
Tuning steps ? 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.01-60 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 10% 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 1.5A 400 mA
TX - 25A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 4154 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? SDR (Software Defined Radio) D-Star concept
Built-in GPS/GLONASS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
2.3" colour display
Bluetooth enabled
Waterfall display
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? Accessories for the ID-51E/ID-31E such as battery packs and microphones can be used
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000A ICOM-ID-000052E