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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 0.001% ?
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz 20 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 24-32 MHz 430 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM / CW: 0.5 µV for 10 dB SINAD
FM: 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
SSB: 0.15 µV for 10 dB SINAD
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters. ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Microprocessor / Phase-Locked-Loop Synthesizer Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 601.3 kHz ? 1st: 33.8 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 65 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5 Watts @ 10% THD into 8 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 24-32 MHz
10 / 12 m
430 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? AM/FM/CW: 2-10 W, SSB: 25 W PEP 12 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 200-250V AC / 12V DC 13.8 V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 60 W ? ?
TX - 8 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 19xx Between 2011 and 201x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
285 × 110 × 335 mm
(11.22 × 4.33 × 13.19 in)
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Weight 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? NB / ANL
Split frequency
Programmable Repeater Offset
Roger beep
Echo chamber
4.3" TFT LCD display
Clock / calendar
Soft buttons
USB-socket with picture viewer and background image loader
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MARCONI-R001475-RG44 RANGER-RHF-000618 FDK-MULTI-000400S