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Portable HF/VHF Receiver (prototype)
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 / 65-108 MHz - 80-10 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   SSB   - CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? Better than 50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations - All mode   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 1.5 kW / 1 kW Max 100 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 25-100Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC +48 V DC, +12 V DC and -12 V DC from separate VP-2000 PSU 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off)
TX - ? 15 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2011 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 482 × 177 × 508 mm
(18.98 × 6.97 × 20.00 in)
333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
Weight ? 24.50 kg (54.1 lbs) 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000900 YAESU-VL-002000 KENWOOD-TS-000520