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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Dual VHF Power Meter

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 100 Hz N/A

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 50-175 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
? ?
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms requires headphones / external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz 50-175 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells 20-32V DC (28V nominal) ?
Current RX ? 30 W ?
TX - 140 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1979 and 1983 in USA
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
191 × 108 × 165 mm
(7.52 × 4.25 × 6.50 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 HEATHKIT-HM-002141