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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
5W Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous vernier, ~18 kHz per revolution Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 10.0-10.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity From 2 µV on 160 m to 0.3 µV on 10 m (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 2% distortion / 4 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
- 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output 85-100 W @ 14 V DC, 100% duty cycle ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 28 V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX 400 mA 3 A max ?
TX 18 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 108 × 146 × 356 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.02 in)
457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
?
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
XTAL-calibrator
SWR-meter
Dual speakers
? ?
Accessories Model 243 Remote VFO
Model 248 Noise blanker
Model 252MO AC power supply
Model 645 Electronic keyer
? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-A (000545) MILITARY-BC-000348 RADIODDITY-GD-000077-DMR