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Beacon Receiver
Handheld 10m Transceiver | DX Handy
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 200-400 kHz 28-29 MHz 118-174 / 220-260 / 350-390 / 400-490 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 5 µV 0.5 µV (15 dB S/N) FM: 0.18 µV
N-FM: 0.22 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 5 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 142.5 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? >2W@5%

Transmitter

TX-range - 28-29 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 2 W max VHF: 50/25/10/5 W, UHF: 35/25/10/5 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 28V DC (aircraft battery voltage) 8.4-9 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 0.75 A 70 mA 0.8 A
TX - 620 mA 10 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA by Detrola Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in Taiwan
Dimensions 100 × 100 × 168 mm
(3.94 × 3.94 × 6.61 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
140 × 40 × 212 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 8.35 in)
Weight ? 710 gr (1.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 758 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RIT
NB
S/RF-meter
Built-in CW key
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-001206 AEA-MX-000010 ADI-AM-000580