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Mobile Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
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 - 144-146 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM/SSB: 25 W (PEP), FM: 15 W 100 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Hi-Z SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 60Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6/AA internal 12V DC or mains 12-14V DC
Current RX 130-300 mA ? ?
TX - Max 7 A Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1999 in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany Between 1980 and 198x
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
260 × 260 × 120 mm
(10.24 × 10.24 × 4.72 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) without batteries 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Repeater offset ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150 SEMCOSET-SEMCO-TERZO-(DIGITAL) SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX