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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Airband / VHF scanner receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m 66-88 / 88-108 / 108-136 / 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity Into 50 ohms aerial input, for 10 dB S/N:
AM: <2 µV (50-500 kHz), <1 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
SSB: 1 µV (50-500 kHz), <0.5 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
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Selectivity 2.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4.1 kHz (-60 db) with narrow filter
6.5 kHz (-6 dB), 10.2 kHz (-60 dB) with wide filter
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Hi-Z SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6/AA internal 12-14V DC 9V DC
Current RX 130-300 mA ? ?
TX - Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1999 in Great Britain Between 1980 and 198x Between 2014 and 20xx in Korea
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
56 × 100 × 30 mm
(2.20 × 3.94 × 1.18 in)
Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) without batteries 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 120 gr (4.2 oz) excluding batteries
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Dual watch
LCD backlighting
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX TTI-TSC-000100R