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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-10 MHz? 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 76-108 MHz
136-174 MHz
400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 1.78 µV
50-54 MHz: 1.58 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
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Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW
2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 136-174 MHz
400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? AM: 40 W, FM: 50 W, SSB/CW: 100 W 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 12-16 V DC ?
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1937 and 19xx in USA Between 1989 and 199x in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 455 × 261 × 440 mm
(17.91 × 10.28 × 17.32 in)
270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
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Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 31 channels in 3 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
Robust, rugged and heavy-duty design
Alphanumeric name tags
2-Tone, 5-Tone, 50 CTCSS, 114 DCS and DTMF/ANI decode
Large, bright LCD and easy-to-operate backlit keys
FM radio receiver
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SP-000110 KENWOOD-TS-000680S SAMCOM-AM-000400UV