Revision 1.00 beta – April 2019
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Specifications
Test conditions: Supply voltage 13.8V, temperature 20C, antenna output terminated
with 50ohm dummy load
General:
Size:
Cabinet: H 80mm; W 200mm; D 194mm (H 3.2”; W 7.9”; D 7.6”)
Overall: H 90mm; W 200mm; D268mm (H 3.5”; W 7.9”; D 10.6”)
(including optional fan cradle)
Weight
2.670kg (5.9lbs.) (including optional fan cradle and weighted
tuning
knob)
Construction
Rigid steel bottom and top covers. Molded front panel.
Aluminum back and heatsink. Collapsible tilt stand and rubber
feet.
Supply voltage
10.5 – 14.5VDC
Current drain
Receive 0.65A with RX preamp ON
Transmit 10.5A typical @ 50W output power
Current alarm at 12A
Radio topology
Single conversion superheterodyne receiver/transmitter with
9MHz
IF
Oscillators
First LO – Silicon Labs SI-570 low phase noise programmable
XO/VCXO
Second generator – BFO/ PITCH/BEEP tones – SI5351
CMOS clock generator/VCXO
Frequency drift
Less than 50Hz total from cold start at 20
⁰
C; Temperature
compensation built in
Frequency steps
1Hz, 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz. Frequency direct entry via keypad
Main encoder tuning rate
512/256 ppr. (256ppr. is not possible with sw ver.1.00b)
Speed of tuning
5.12kHz per revolution when 10Hz step is selected
RIT/XIT range
±5kHz with step of 10Hz
Bands, MHz*
Basic kit: 3.5-4.0, 7.0-7.3, 10.1-10.15, 14.0-14.35,
18.068-18.168, 21.0-21.45, 24.89-24.99, 28.0-29.7
160m option: 1.8-2.0
60m option: 5.25 – 5.45
Working modes
LSB, USB, CW, CWR
Antenna impedance
Unbalanced 50 ohm
Display
LCD type
-
FSTN positive
149 segments