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Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  ? ?
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) better than ±2 ppm ?
Tuning steps 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz 1 kHz 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-60 MHz 1.6-29.999 MHz 225 - 399.995 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
1 µV for S/N > 10 dB ?
Selectivity CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
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Filters Software controlled ? ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ? ?
IF-freqs. Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ? ?
Image rejection 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ? ?
Audio output 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6m 1.6-29.999 MHz 225 - 399.995 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
RF-output CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 5/20 W (PEP) FM: 4-20 W, AM: 2-5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) N-type + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 10% 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC) ?
Current RX 1.5A 250 mA ?
TX 30A max 4 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
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Weight 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration ?
Form factor Headless Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Military communication
Features SDR (Software Defined Radio) ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C RACAL-TRA-000931 MOTOROLA-LST-000005B