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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 10-80m + 6m 140-150 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.1 / 5 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2.955 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m - 140-150 MHz
Modulations CW   - FM  
RF-output 1-4 W ? 1 / 3 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 12V DC 10.7 V DC
Current RX 34-45 mA 100mA ?
TX 300-700 mA - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
178 × 100 × 152 mm
(7.01 × 3.94 × 5.98 in)
?
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 DAVCO-DR-000030 CTE-CT-001600