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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-15 m 10-80m 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S+S/N 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB 2.1 kHz @ 6 dB (1.8:1 shape factor) FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? 9MHz crystal ?
Receiver system Super-Heterodyne Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% THD (max 3 W) External speaker required 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 80-15 m 10-80m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output 135 W PEP SSB: 550 W PEP, CW: 360 W 5 .. 50 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 40-100Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains via CS550 Power Supplier / Speaker unit 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 35 W ? 400-600 mA
TX 165 W ? 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in USA Between 1969 and 19xx in USA Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 298 × 140 × 260 mm
(11.73 × 5.51 × 10.24 in)
152 × 280 × 330 mm
(5.98 × 11.02 × 12.99 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN SBE-SB-000033 GALAXY-GT000550 ALINCO-DR-000735E