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QRP | Shortwave Transceiver | 20 m | CW/SSB
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 20m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14.150-14.350 MHz
14.000-14.100 MHz with optional CW module
10-80 m 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity <0.5 µV for 12 dB S/N ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 6 dB at 2.5 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 10 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output >1 Watt into 8 Ohms at 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 10 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14 V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 50-100 mA ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX 2.2 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 20xx and 20xx Between 196x and 19xx in USA Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MFJ-009420X HEATHKIT-SB-000300 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B