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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? Not specified
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 10-160 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 410-512 / 806-950 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 29-54 / 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.3 µV
806-956 MHz: 1.0 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ? 15 kHz @ -50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ? 350 mW, 8 ohms, 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) ? -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - External speaker

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 12 V DC
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A ? ?
TX Max 16 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 19xx and 19xx (Late seventies/early eighties) Between 1990 and 199x in Philippines
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
? 230 × 57 × 165 mm
(9.06 × 2.24 × 6.50 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) ? 1.38 kg (3.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 50 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 ATLAS-000300 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000855XLT