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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Triple-band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.5 p.p.m. ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range ~50 kHz - 30 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 70-108 / 136-174 / 245-246 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
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Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
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Filters ? Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion + DSP ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
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Image rejection ? 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB ?
Audio output ? 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m 136-174 / 245-246 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) 0.5 / 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC ±15% ?
Current RX ? 1.25 A ?
TX - 20 A 1.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2010 and 20xx in USA Between 2013 and 201x in China
Dimensions ? 216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
100 × 52 × 32 mm
(3.94 × 2.05 × 1.26 in)
Weight ? 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options 250 gr (8.8 oz) incl. battery + antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features D/F (Direction Finding) and homing functions IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
Dual band / dual display / dual standby
FM radio (25 memory channels)
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
1750 Hz tone
Repeater shift
Tri-color backlit display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MARCONI-SMR-000003A TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599) BOLDOM-BD-F000008