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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Handheld DSP Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz Channelized 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 μV
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz ? FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single / double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion ? 450 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   -
RF-output 150 W 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC 13.8 V DC 3.7 v Li-ion battery
Current RX 1.5 A max ? ?
TX 22 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
? 192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery
Form factor Mobile Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 650 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
? ?
Accessories SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ? ?
MPN SEA-000235 REGENCY-SPRINT-000023 TECSUN-PL-000880