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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile Dual-Band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz ?-? MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   SSB   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz ? 12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion ? 5 W @ 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz ?-? MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   SSB   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output 150 W ? W 45-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC ? 13.8V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max ? 500 mA
TX 22 A max ? 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
? ?
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
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Accessories SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ? ?
MPN SEA-000235 TEXAS-RANGER-000696-BASE TYT-MD-009600