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Desktop Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 1.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz + FM broadcast band 10-160 m 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity AM < 1 µV
SSB < 0,3 µV
0.33 µV for 10 dB S+N/N at 10m (2 kHz bandwidth) Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Selectivity AM
10 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
4,4 (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2,0 (-6 dB), 3,4 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2 kHz, 1.5:1 (-6 dB)
FSK: 1200 Hz, 2:1

Optional:
CW: 400 Hz, 4:1 and 300 Hz, 2:1
12.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 55.845 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB 70 dB
Audio output ? 1 W 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
RF-output ? 1-150 W (130 W max above 28 MHz) 1 / 25 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC external, 8 x R20 + 2 x R6 batteries or mains Mains (115/230 V, 50-400 Hz) 9-16 V DC
Current RX ? 100 W 600 mA
TX - 400 W 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1986 in Japan Between 1971 and 197x in USA Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 254 × 102 × 335 mm
(10.00 × 4.02 × 13.19 in)
413 × 184 × 356 mm
(16.26 × 7.24 × 14.02 in)
?
Weight 7.71 kg (17.0 lbs) 15.90 kg (35.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 72 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features S/Battery-Meter
Record Jack
Pre-selector
NB
Dial Lamp
Dial Lamp Switch
Carry Handle
Muting
RF Gain
Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Advanced features for such an old radio.
60 dB attenuator
IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
AIS receiver
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000001 SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000007A RAYMARINE-RAY000073