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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 10-80 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 850 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 10-80 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output 100 W (10m: 50 W) 5-50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 10 V AC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 1983 and 198x Between 1999 and 20xx
Dimensions 348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
? 205 × 74 × 140 mm
(8.07 × 2.91 × 5.51 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ? 625 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 12 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK Digital readout Alarm clock
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000100D TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000244CLT