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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? Less than 200 Hz per 8 hour at 0-40 °C and ±10% variation in line voltage after 0.5 hour warmup
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz Continuous 10 / 1 MHz / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2-29.999 MHz ? 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   - AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW Narrow: 1.7µV @ 20 dB
AM: 7.5 µV @ 20 dB
? 0.01-0.5 MHz
< 4 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz SSB
< 25 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz AM
0.5-30 MHz
< 0.3 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz SSB
< 2.0 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz AM
Selectivity ? ? 6 kHz @ -6 dB, 11.5 kHz @ -60 dB
2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.3 kHz @ -60 dB
1.2 kHz @ -6 dB, 2.4 kHz @ -60 dB
0.3 kHz @ -6 dB, 0.6 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters CW wide: 2900 Hz, CW narrow: 400 Hz ? 6 / 2.4 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz Optional filters available
Receiver system ? ? Double / triple conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? Output: 50 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB below 10 MHz ≥ 50 dB above 10 MHz
Audio output ? ? 2 W @ 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 2-29.999 MHz 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
-
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB/CW: 3/30 W, AM: 7.5 W 30 kW @ 200 W input ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 1000 / 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-28V DC Mains 120 / 240 V AC ± 10% single fase 50~420 Hz
Current RX 175 mA ? 35 W
TX 1.2 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in UK Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan Between 1971 and 19xx
Dimensions 330 × 90 × 250 mm
(12.99 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
340 × 140 × 380 mm
(13.39 × 5.51 × 14.96 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Range: 40 km by day under normal conditions Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
AVC (Automatic Volume Control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-PRC-000320 DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K DRAKE-DSR-000002