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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
VHF Transceiver
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  2m  1.25m  70cm  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-146 MHz 60-905 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Tubes ? conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-146 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) High: 45 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 12-15V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 550 mA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 198x and 198x Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.78 in)
? 180 × 80 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
Weight 18.15 kg (40.0 lbs) ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? TV tuner front end
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000505 SOMMERKAMP-SK-000269RH SOMMERKAMP-SRG-008600DX