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Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Compact QRP | 100 W

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability 0.5 p.p.m. (0°C to 60°C) ? ?
Tuning steps 1 Hz 100 Hz 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) 1.5-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ? ?
Audio output 600 ohm line audio requires headphones / external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 100 W

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other USB - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 20-32V DC (28V nominal) ?
Current RX ? 30 W ?
TX - 140 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
?
Weight 330 gr (11.6 oz) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Headless Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
? RIT
CW filter optional
FM optional
Noise filter optional
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-G000315E CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 SHIMIZU-DENSHI-SS-000105D