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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station Aviation Transceiver
Amateur Station Control

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None  None 
Freq. stability ? ? -
Tuning steps 100 Hz ? -

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 225-400 MHz HF
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   P25   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? -
Selectivity ? ? -
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker ? -

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 225-400 MHz HF
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   P25   All mode  
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) N-type SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50~75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) Mains / 24 V DC Mains
Current RX 30 W ? ?
TX 140 W ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1995 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
? ?
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Military communication Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 5820-01-369-1353/4 YAESU-YO-000301