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Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 100 Hz or less after 30 minutes ? better than ±2 ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10m 10-80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.3µV S/N 10dB or more
AM: 1µV S/N 6dB or more
? 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB
Selectivity SSB/CW: 0.6kHz (-6dB) 1.6kHz (-60dB)
AM: 2.4kHz (-6dB) 4.5kHz (-60dB)
? SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 9MHz ? ?
Image rejection >60dB ? ?
Audio output 3W (10% distortion) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10m 10-80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB/CW: 280W, AM: 80W SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) 5/20 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50/100Ω 50/120 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC)
Current RX 70W max ? 250 mA
TX 320W max ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 334 × 322 × 153 mm
(13.15 × 12.68 × 6.02 in)
? 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
Weight 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NEC-CQ-000110 SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000560 RACAL-TRA-000931