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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.001%
Tuning steps ? ? 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 15-160 m 24-32 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM / CW: 0.5 µV for 10 dB SINAD
FM: 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
SSB: 0.15 µV for 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Microprocessor / Phase-Locked-Loop Synthesizer
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 65 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.5 Watts @ 10% THD into 8 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 15-160 m 24-32 MHz
10 / 12 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 100 W 100 W AM/FM/CW: 2-10 W, SSB: 25 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12-14V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 20 A Max 20 A 8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 197x and 198x Between 2011 and 201x
Dimensions 247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
248 × 95 × 302 mm
(9.76 × 3.74 × 11.89 in)
285 × 110 × 335 mm
(11.22 × 4.33 × 13.19 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full QSK NB / ANL
Split frequency
Programmable Repeater Offset
Roger beep
Echo chamber
4.3" TFT LCD display
Clock / calendar
Soft buttons
USB-socket with picture viewer and background image loader
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000151 RANGER-RHF-000618