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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability better than ±2 ppm ? ± 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1 kHz 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-29.999 MHz 30 kHz - 29.999 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB CW: 0.2 µV / 10 dB
AM: 1 µV / 10 dB
FM: 0.2 µV
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
2.4 kHz @ -6 dB
3.6 kHz @ -40 dB
AM: 6 kHz
CW: 200-1200 kHz
60 dB @ 12.5 kHz
70 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (AM/CW/SSB) / triple (FM) conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? internal speaker 4 W @ 8 Ohm for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-29.999 MHz 80-10 m 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 5/20 W (PEP) 1-10 W 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC) 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 250 mA 700 mA 200 mA
TX 4 A 4 A 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2013 and 20xx in China Between 2016 and 20xx
Dimensions 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
230 × 230 × 90 mm
(9.06 × 9.06 × 3.54 in)
107 × 45 × 125 mm
(4.21 × 1.77 × 4.92 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB interface
LCD display
Built-in keyer
Built-in ATU
Color LCD
IP67 waterproof (optional)
GPS (optional)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-TRA-000931 CHINESE-KN-000920 TYT-TH-008600