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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz ?-? MHz 15-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? ?
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz ?-? MHz 15-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 150 W ? W 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC ? 13.8V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max ? 300-500 mA
TX 22 A max ? Max 16 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
? 250 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.84 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
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 TEXAS-RANGER-000696-BASE ATLAS-000215