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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  11m (CB)  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ? ± 0.005%
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
? 0.5 µV
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
? 6-7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Digital signal processing ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ? ?
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM  
RF-output ? 4 W 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 70 mA
TX - ? 80 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
? 343 × 120 × 292 mm
(13.50 × 4.72 × 11.50 in)
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) ? 4.53 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features PBT
DSP
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 PRESIDENT-AR-000007 PRESIDENT-KP-000077