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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
Selectivity ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Tubes Double conversion superheterodyne Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? >70 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + NMO
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola)

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 700 mA max
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 1988 and 200x
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.78 in)
368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
Weight 18.15 kg (40.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Tube hybrid
VOX
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000505 YAESU-FT-000102 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT