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Desktop Shortwave receiver
QRP HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes) ±2.5 p.p.m. (–20°C to +60°C on the basis of 25°C )
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
? Less than 0.18 μV (at 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 720 kHz ? ?
Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD Internal speaker 1500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 136-174 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output ? 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power 5 / 2.5 / 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 9-15 V DC 7.2 V DC 2400 mAh Li-Ion battery
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 550 mA 600 mA
TX - 3 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2022 and 20xx in China Between 2022 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
52.2 × 111.8 × 30.3 mm
(2.06 × 4.40 × 1.19 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) ? 278 gr (9.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 208 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? IP67 dust-tight specification and waterproofing
CTCSS/DTCS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 XIEGU-X006100 ICOM-IC-T000010