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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Ultra-compact 3W UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 70cm 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz HF 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ? < 0.20 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz HF 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   SSB   FM  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) ? 3 / 1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains ? 3.7 V DC, 1000 mAh Li-ion Battery
Current RX ? ? 100 mA max
TX Max 40 A ? 1 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 196x and 197x Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
? 85 × 38 × 25 mm
(3.35 × 1.50 × 0.98 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ? 105 gr (3.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ? PC Software Programmable
VOX Function
CTCSS / DCS
Multiple colors
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 BRAZAM-EDT-000404 YANTON-T-M000008