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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop LF receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. Better that 200 Hz/hour after warm-up
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 10-600 kHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV 0.16µV (12dB SINAD) ≤ 5 µV for 15 dB S/N
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
12.5 / 25 kHz 120 Hz @ -6 dB
400 Hz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? 2 independent crystal filters + 1000 Hz audio filter
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
? 720 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 75 dB
Audio output 0.5 W 500mW max Requires external speaker / headphones

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz -
Modulations - FM   N-FM   -
RF-output ? VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SMA Clamps / screws
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 75/300Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 7.4V DC Mains
Current RX 50 W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 2010 and 201x in China Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
59 × 119 × 37 mm
(2.32 × 4.69 × 1.46 in)
?
Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version 246 gr (8.7 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
Speech synthesizer
DCS/CTCSS/DTMF
Stopwatch
PC-programmable
CE-compliant
Built-in flashlight
Alpha tags
Roger beep
VOX
Twin RX
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 WOUXUN-KG-UV000002D EDDYSTONE-000850/4