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Handheld Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Channelized 100 Hz 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 26.875-27.265 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? requires headphones / external speaker 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 26.875-27.265 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   CW  
RF-output 4.5 W 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? 30 W 55 mA
TX ? 140 W 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 210 × 56 × 165 mm
(8.27 × 2.20 × 6.50 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 120 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features AM/FM ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIDLAND/ALAN-000068S CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 YOUKITS-HB-000001A