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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
DMR FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-15 m 3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-30 MHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio ? -117 dBm (Ber 5%) for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Super-Heterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% THD (max 3 W) Internal speaker 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80-15 m 3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-30 MHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM   DMR  
RF-output 135 W PEP 260 W PEP 4 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - SMA
Impedance 40-100Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 12 V DC 7.2 V DC (1700 mAh Li-ion)
Current RX 35 W ? 400 mA
TX 165 W ? 800-1550 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in USA Between 196x and 1970 Between 2014 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 298 × 140 × 260 mm
(11.73 × 5.51 × 10.24 in)
? 113 × 56 × 35 mm
(4.45 × 2.20 × 1.38 in)
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) ? 275 gr (9.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 32 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ETSI Standard audio encryption
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SBE-SB-000033 SBE-SB-000035 CONNECT-SYSTEMS-INC-CS000600