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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
4-band HF transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ±300 Hz / hour after warm-up ? <5 Hz after 5 minute warm up at 30c (<10 Hz after 30 minute operation @ 40 °C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 9.99-10.150 / 18.068-18.168 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.3 µV
Selectivity AM/SSB
5 kHz @ -3 dB, 16 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
17 kHz @ -3 dB, 46 kHz @ -60 dB
? -3 dB/ 2.6 kHz -40 dB / 4.5 kHz
Filters ? ? 300 / 500 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.2 / 2.5 kHz (DSP)
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.4 W into 4 Ohm ? 1 Watt with 8 ohm speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 9.99-10.150 / 18.068-18.168 MHz
(40 / 30 / 20 / 17 m)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output AM/SSB: 25 W (PEP), FM: 15 W 100 W 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 60Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains Mains ?
Current RX ? ? 250-270 mA
TX Max 7 A ? 1200 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in West-Germany Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 260 × 260 × 120 mm
(10.24 × 10.24 × 4.72 in)
? 104 × 70 × 38 mm
(4.09 × 2.76 × 1.50 in)
Weight 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 30.00 kg (66.2 lbs) 360 gr (12.7 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Repeater offset
S-meter
? 128×64 pixels LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SEMCOSET-SEMCO-TERZO-(ANALOG) RFT-000215C LNR-PRECISION-FX-000004