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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Hi-End Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz General coverage
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? 270 / 500 Hz / 2.7 / 6 kHz
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? DSP
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands - 160-10 + 6m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) ? 200 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ?V DC Mains
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A ? ?
TX Max 16 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 200x and 200x Between 2013 and 201x
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
65 × 153 × 45 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.77 in)
?
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 350 gr (12.4 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunktracker III (EDACS, Motorola & E.F.Johnson) CTCSS/DCS. Alpha tags. APCO-25 digital option. PC-programmable Dual TFT display (7" + 3.5")
Band scope
Audio scope
Dual receivers
Triple 32-bit DSPs
Internal automatic antenna tuner (ATU)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC003300XLT KENWOOD-TS-000990S