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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 160-10 m 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 10 W ? -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX Max 0.6 A ? 80 W
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1991 and 199x Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 139.7 × 50.8 × 184.15 mm
(5.50 × 2.00 × 7.25 in)
273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-006000H DRAKE-R-000004C EDDYSTONE-000730/8