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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.525-31 MHz / 88-108 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB SN) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 500 Hz / 2.7 kHz roofing filters
Receiver system ? ? DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 0-5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 750 mA max ?
TX - 3 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in Japan Between 198x and 198x in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in Singapore
Dimensions 482 × 200 × 354 mm
(18.98 × 7.87 × 13.94 in)
248 × 95 × 318 mm
(9.76 × 3.74 × 12.52 in)
?
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) less batteries 4 gr (0.1 oz) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full QSK. PBT. NB. VOX Duo color LCD (amber/green)
Antenna tuner
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-DR-000049 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-II-000535 KENWOOD-TS-000590