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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ±2.5ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 10-160 m 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
136-174 / 400-480 MHz
136-174 / 420-520 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz
76-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output internal speaker ? 500mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
136-174 / 400-480 MHz
136-174 / 420-520 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 100 W VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125 V AC 13.8V DC 7.4V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1966 in USA Between 1980 and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 342 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.46 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
62 × 125 × 34 mm
(2.44 × 4.92 × 1.34 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 999 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Dual display
VOX
DTMF
Stopwatch
Alarm
SOS function
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000121 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000102-BX WOUXUN-KG-UV000008D