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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous vernier, ~18 kHz per revolution ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 10.0-10.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
10-80 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity From 2 µV on 160 m to 0.3 µV on 10 m (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 2% distortion / 4 ohms ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
10-80 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 85-100 W @ 14 V DC, 100% duty cycle 50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 12-14V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 400 mA 500 mA, TX: Max 9 A 500 mA
TX 18 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in USA Between 1976 and 197x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 108 × 146 × 356 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.02 in)
342.9 × 114.3 × 330.2 mm
(13.50 × 4.50 × 13.00 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
XTAL-calibrator
SWR-meter
Dual speakers
? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories Model 243 Remote VFO
Model 248 Noise blanker
Model 252MO AC power supply
Model 645 Electronic keyer
? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-A (000545) TEN-TEC-TRITON-I UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T