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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld 6m Transceiver | DX Handy
2m VHF Transverter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 100 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 50-50.5 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (15 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 28-30 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 50-50.5 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 1 W max 25 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) BNC N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 8.4-9 V DC 12-14 V DC
Current RX 30 W 70 mA ?
TX 140 W 620 mA 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 2016 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
270 × 80 × 260 mm
(10.63 × 3.15 × 10.24 in)
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 710 gr (1.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RIT
NB
S/RF-meter
Built-in CW key
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 AEA-MX-000006S KUHNE-TR-000144-PRO