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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: 2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (option): 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system X-TAL Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ?
Audio output ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
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Modulations CW   SSB   -
RF-output AM: 80 W (input), 50% duty cycle (slightly lower on 10m), SSB: 260 W (PEP input), CW: 180 W (input) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 0.5 A 500 mA
TX Max 21 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1974 in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 27.265-27.555 MHz XTAL option, RX and TX. TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-TS-000288A/24CH UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T