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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Military HF set

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature ? ?
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m All International Maritime VHF channels 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2W @ 3.2 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
All International Maritime VHF channels 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
RF-output AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - Proprietary (military)
Impedance 40-60Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%) 12/24 V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? 5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 197x and 198x in Denmark Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
?
Weight 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Military communication
Features Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500 SAILOR-RT000144B PANDA-RF-000041A00A