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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
Rugged handheld VHF transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz Channelized 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 11 m 30-88 MHz or 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   P25   DV  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 11 m 30-88 MHz or 136-174 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   P25   DV  
RF-output 100-120W ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Li-polymer battery
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 68 × 167 × 45 mm
(2.68 × 6.57 × 1.77 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? 580 gr (1.3 lbs) With battery
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 64 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? AES-256 encryption
IP67 / MIL-STD-810G ingress protection
GPS
Two inch (5 cm) colour screen
Over-the-air Zeroise (OTAZ) to disable compromised radios
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 BLAUPUNKT-BCB-005232 CODAN-SENTRY-V