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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C ?
Tuning steps Continuous 10 Hz 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range - 0.250-30 MHz 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter) ?
Receiver system ? SDR Processing Architecture ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >85 dB ?
Audio output ? Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 1.6-30 MHz 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1 KW (input) 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational) 13.8 V DC
Current RX - 120 mA 420 mA
TX ? 12 A max 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 711.2 × 1689.1 × 457.2 mm
(28.00 × 66.50 × 18.00 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
175 × 136 × 63 mm
(6.89 × 5.35 × 2.48 in)
Weight ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Portable

Other features

Memories None 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-KW-000001 CODAN-002110M CRKITS-KN-Q000010A