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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps ? 12.5 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 140-150 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity ? ? 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 140-150 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   -
RF-output 100 W (10m: 50 W) High: 50 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 11-16V DC 24V DC or mains
Current RX ? 500 mA 36W
TX ? Max 12 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 198x in Japan Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
156 × 61 × 290 mm
(6.14 × 2.40 × 11.42 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ? 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000100D SOMMERKAMP-TS-000800 JRC-NRD-000302A