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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Base Station HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz Continuous 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz ? 30 kHz - 29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? CW: 0.2 µV / 10 dB
AM: 1 µV / 10 dB
FM: 0.2 µV
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz ? 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB
3.6 kHz @ -40 dB
AM: 6 kHz
CW: 200-1200 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double (AM/CW/SSB) / triple (FM) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion ? internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 150 W 30 kW @ 200 W input 1-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max ? 700 mA
TX 22 A max ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
230 × 230 × 90 mm
(9.06 × 9.06 × 3.54 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) None 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube USB interface
LCD display
Built-in keyer
Built-in ATU
Accessories SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ? ?
MPN SEA-000235 DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K CHINESE-KN-000920