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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Single Band SSB Transceiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 40m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? (0⁰C – 50⁰C) 0.5 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 40 m 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? about 2.0 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion SDR, SDR, Direct Sampling SDR 245.76Msps – 16 bit
IF-freqs. ? 8.467 MHz or 8.192 MHz, depending on the selected tuning range ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 3.5mm connector, mono output 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m 40 m 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
RF-output 1-4 W 10 W PEP 160m-6m Transmitter Output: 1-100W (25W AM)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 12~13.8 V 13.8 V DC +/- 15% (14 V DC Nominal)
Current RX 34-45 mA 30 mA 1.7 A
TX 300-700 mA 2 A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 2011 and 201x in China Between 2024 and 202x in USA
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
356 × 171 × 337 mm
(14.02 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 500 gr (1.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. ? Optional Integrated Automatic Antenna Tuner Range: 3:1 SWR
Optional Continuous MARS/CAP Coverage with Extended Transmit Filter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 CRKITS-KN-Q000007A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-008600