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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz 144-146 MHz 142-162 / 347-400 / 850-935 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   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
? ?
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Digital signal processing ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ? ?
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 12 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 13.8V DC or mains 12 V DC / 4×AA batteries
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 1973 and 197x in West Germany Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
420 × 260 × 160 mm
(16.54 × 10.24 × 6.30 in)
67 × 175 × 40 mm
(2.64 × 6.89 × 1.57 in)
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 BRAUN-SE-000600 YUPITERU-MVT-003000