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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Marine Shortwave Receiver
Maritime VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m  None 
Freq. stability ? Short term: 5 Hz, long term: 25 Hz (o°C - 40°C) ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz)
Tuning steps ? ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 150-8000 kHz in 4 bands 10 kHz - 30 MHz Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   FM  
Sensitivity ? MF: ≥ 16 dB / 1 µV
HF: ≥ 10 dB / 1 µV
0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? SSB: 300 Hz @ -6 dB / 2700 Hz @ -60 dB
AM: 2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.6085 / 16.6085 MHz
2nd: 600 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 4 W / 8 ohm 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? - 1 / 25 W

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12/24/32 V DC 9 V DC from internal batteries Mains, 12/24 V DC 12 or(!) 24 V DC
Current RX 100-300 mA ? 500 mA
TX - - 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 196x in Denmark Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark
Dimensions 335 × 220 × 150 mm
(13.19 × 8.66 × 5.91 in)
? 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ? 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Marine / Navy Marine / Navy
Features Direction Finding function on all bands
BFO
LCD frequency readout
2182 kHz watchkeeping channel
10-digit keypad
Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-000046TD SAILOR-R001119 SAILOR-RT000144