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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 100 kHz - 30 MHz 28-29.699 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 28-29.699 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W AM/FM: 4 W, SSB: 6 W 150 mW / 1.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9-13.2V DC 5.5-11 V DC
Current RX ? ? 150 mA
TX ? ? 550 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1985 and 198x
Dimensions ? 65 × 37 × 167 mm
(2.56 × 1.46 × 6.57 in)
60 × 158 × 38 mm
(2.36 × 6.22 × 1.50 in)
Weight ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs) 370 gr (13.1 oz) with BA-2
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 62 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) DRAGON-SS-000201 DAIWA-MT-000020