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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Frequency Shift Exciter XFK Receiver-Transmitter
SDR HF/VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 100 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz ? 0.02-170 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.39 µV (CW, BW 500 Hz, 10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity ? ? >100 dB, Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR / direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 1-6.9 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 3 W 5 W max

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) - SO-239 + SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX 30 W ? ?
TX 140 W ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
480 × 270 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 10.63 × 15.94 in)
?
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 20.85 kg (46.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 TMC-XKF ELAD-FDM-DUOR