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Mobile Transceiver
Handheld 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 15 / 25 / 30 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 17 m 143.5-149 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N Better than .5 µV for 20 dB quieting
Squelch: Less than .4 µV
<0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) More than +/- 7.5 kHz at -6 dB
Less than +/- 15 kHz at -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Double Conversion SuperHeterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 325 mW at 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m 143.5-149 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 3W High: 2.5 W, Low: 0.3 W SSB: 500 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 40/100 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 8.4 V DC NiCd Mains
Current RX 35-80mA 25-180 mA ?
TX 800mA 750-375 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1983 and 198x in USA Between 196x and 197x in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
169 × 66 × 41 mm
(6.65 × 2.60 × 1.61 in)
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Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 496 gr (1.1 lbs) with battery pack ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Memory Lock out
Selectable Skip (stop 2 sec before resuming scan) or Hold (stop and hold) on busy frequency
Modifiable Band Scan
Selectable Power Level (300mW / 2.5 W)
Quick-Release Battery Pack
ALC
CW filter option
CW side tone and break-in operation
Logging scale
Six pole xtal lattice filter
Solid state VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001317 TEN-TEC-002591 GALAXY-V-MARK-III