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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
DESKTOP/MOBILE SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.0 / 3.5-4.1 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-28.5 / 28.5-29.1 / 29.1-29.7 MHz
26-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity 0.5 / 1 / 2.1 / 3.8 kHz @ -6 dB ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 3500 / 450 kHz ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker. 3 W output ? 1.8 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 26-30 MHz -
Modulations - All mode   -
RF-output ? 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50-80Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 12-16 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 1995 and 199x Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 407 × 215 × 332 mm
(16.02 × 8.46 × 13.07 in)
200 × 60 × 265 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 10.43 in)
185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
Weight 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 1800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Trunking: Motorola, LTR, EDACS
Spectrum sweeper
CTCSS/PL + DCS
Weather channels
Object oriented memory
1800 programmable objects
EEPROM storage
PC-programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN K.W.-ELECTRONICS-000077 EMPEROR-TS-005010 WHISTLER-WS001065