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CB Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains ?
Current RX - 295 W ?
TX ? 32 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1973 Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
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Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-T-000004XB KENWOOD-TS-000830S GEMTRONICS-GTX-003000