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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ±10 p.p.m. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz - 25-512 / 758-824 / 850-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked
Modulations AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FM
(0.5~1.8 MHz) 0 dBµV (1 µV)
(1.8~30 MHz) -12 dBµV (0.25 µV)
AM
(1KHz, 30% modulation) (0.5~1.8MHz) +20 dBµV (10 µV)
(1.8~30 MHz) +6 dBµV (2 µV)
FM
-6dbuV (0.5 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD
? 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity SSB/CW/AM-Narrow: 2.7 kHz/-6 dB, 4.7 kHz /-60 dB
AM-Wide/FM: 8 kHz/-6 dB, 30 kHz/-50 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion Triple conversion (FM) ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 8.875 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output More than 2Watts @ 8 ohms, 10% THD 100 watts at 300-3000 cycle (Adjustable low-level speech clipping; 500 ohm output available) 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-80 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB/CW: 10/100 W, AM: 4/40 W AM: 150 W, SSB/CW: 180 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50-72Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ± 15% Mains 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 0.8-1A - ?
TX 20A max. 500 W peak -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in USA Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 246 × 94 × 228 mm
(9.69 × 3.70 × 8.98 in)
495 × 295 × 406 mm
(19.49 × 11.61 × 15.98 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ? 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DX-000077T HEATHKIT-TX-000001-'APACHE' UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCD000996XT