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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
FM Modulation Meter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  4m  None 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5/100 Hz
1/5/6.25/9/10/12.5/25/50 kHz
Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 0.01-36 / 48-1750 MHz 25-500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N SSB: < 0.1µV (500khz - 500MHz)
AM: 1µV
FM: < 0.3µV (48-860MHz)
FM: < 0.5µV (860-1250MHz)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? SSB: 2.4 kHz Wide AM: 6 kHz Narrow FM: 12.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 45.000 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz - ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - -
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 12V DC ?
Current RX ? 500mA ?
TX Max 40 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 1998 and 200x in UK Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
205 × 65 × 193 mm
(8.07 × 2.56 × 7.60 in)
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Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 54682 channels in 234 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control PC programmable (RS-232)
Remote control
Digital sound recording
Video output
TV sound output
Hamcomm I/F
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 FAIRHAVEN-RD000500VX LAMPKIN-TYPE-000205A