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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 11 m 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 11 m -
Modulations AM   CW   AM   -
RF-output AM: 100 W, CW: 130 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance ? ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX - ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 19xx in USA Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 22 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 10 x XTAL selector (VFO option), 2 x 6146 finals. ? Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-II E.F.-JOHNSON-MESSENGER-000130A AOR-AR-ALPHA-II