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Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 144-146 MHz (80 channels) 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 15 kHz (-3 dB), 25 kHz (-70 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (80 channels) 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 50 W (100% duty cycle!), Low: 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 10-16V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 300 mA 420 mA
TX - Max 8 A 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 1958 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions ? 156 × 58 × 290 mm
(6.14 × 2.28 × 11.42 in)
175 × 136 × 63 mm
(6.89 × 5.35 × 2.48 in)
Weight ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories ? 80 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000300 SOMMERKAMP-TS-000280FM CRKITS-KN-Q000010A