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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period ? ± 1.0 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz 5 kHz 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15 kHz - 30 MHz 150 - 174 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   FM   FM   FSK  
Sensitivity 0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
? Analog
0.35 µV / -116dBm (20dB SINAD)
0.22 µV / -120dBm (Type)

Digital
0.3 µV / -117.4dBm (BER 5%)
0.22 µV / -110dBm (BER 1%)
Selectivity 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
? ?
Filters 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz ? 12.5 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 84 dB
Audio output Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker ? ≤ 1000 mW @ 16Ω

Transmitter

TX-range - 150 - 174 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   FSK  
RF-output ? 5-45W 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SMA
Impedance 50-75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC) ? 7.4 V DC, 1700 mAh Li-ion
Current RX 60-90 VA ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
? 131 × 61 × 36 mm
(5.16 × 2.40 × 1.42 in)
Weight 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted ? 258 gr (9.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 160 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 32 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 14 Character alphanumeric LCD
CTCSS / DCS
MIL-SPEC 810 C, D and E for shock, vibration and dust as well as "driven rain" specifications
PC programmable
IP67
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-001778 KENWOOD-TK-000730 TYT-MD-000380