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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ? 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 1 p.p.b.

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 118-524 / 800-1300 MHz 0.005-31 / 60-260 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
145/434 MHz: <0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 15 MHz: 0.022 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
64-118 MHz: 0.021 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
118-260 MHz: 0.02 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
-6 dB: More than 11 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 30 kHz
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Filters ? ? Tracking RF filters
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Direct sampling SDR
IF-freqs. 720 kHz 1st: 45.05 MHz (Band A), 49.95 MHz (Band B)
2nd: 455 KHz (Band A), 450 KHz (Band B)
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Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? 120 dB
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD ? -

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
RF-output ? 50 / 10 / 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - USB

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 13.8V DC +/-15% 5 V DC (USB port)
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 1.2 A max ?
TX - 13 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2007 and 200x Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
140 × 43 × 142 mm
(5.51 × 1.69 × 5.59 in)
45 × 10 × 60 mm
(1.77 × 0.39 × 2.36 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6, APRS. Twin RX Pre-selectors and Polyphase tracking filters
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 KENWOOD-TM-D000710E AIRSPY-HF+-DISCOVERY