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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Converter
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 435 MHz transmitter, 145 to 29 MHz receiving converter 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? N/A ?
Selectivity ? N/A ?
Filters ? N/A ?
Receiver system Tubes N/A Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? N/A ?
Image rejection ? N/A ?
Audio output ? N/A 200 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m ? -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) N/A ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC 4.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 1983 and 19xx in USA Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.78 in)
? 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 18.15 kg (40.0 lbs) ? 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000505 TEN-TEC-002510 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000280XLT