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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur Transceiver
Amateur HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. (0 °C to + 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 Hz, Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 550 kHz - 33.5 MHz 0.1-30 / 50-54 MHz 0.01-55 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? SSB (1b dB S/N): 0.5-0.13 µV
AM (10 dB S/N): 6.3-1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.22 µV
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Selectivity ? SSB/FSK/PSK: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB
AM: 6.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 12.0 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 12.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 25.0 kHz @ -60 dB
Software defined
Filters ? 500 Hz, 2.7 kHz, 6 kHz and 15 kHz (optional 270 Hz) Software defined
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Direct conversion
IF-freqs. 465 kHz 1st: 8.248 MHz
2nd: 24 kHz (FM: 36 kHz)
Software defined
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 7 W 1.5 W into 8 Ohm 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC + 60 m + 6 m
EU version: 4 m (70 MHz)
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)   Multiple (Software defined)  
RF-output ? Max 100 W (AM 25 W) 1-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (105-125 V AC) 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 3 A max ?
TX - 22.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1946 and 194x in Seattle, Washington Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in India
Dimensions 178 × 95 × 149 mm
(7.01 × 3.74 × 5.87 in)
410 × 158 × 387 mm
(16.14 × 6.22 × 15.24 in)
265 × 80 × 220 mm
(10.43 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
Weight ? 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Built-in auto antenna tuner (ATU)
7 inch color screen
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NORTHERN-RADIO-COMPANY-N000605-E KENWOOD-TS-000890S APACHE-LABS-ANAN-000200D