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HF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Marine Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.17-30 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 130-3750 kHz in 3 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 127 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? requires headphones / external speaker 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 12 V DC, 24 V DC optional
Current RX ? 30 W ?
TX - 140 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1950 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight ? 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Marine / Navy
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-R-000300 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 EDDYSTONE-000720