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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Compact QRP | 100 W
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 100 Hz 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 80-10 m 0.17-0.4 / 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 80-10 m -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 100 W -

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 1980 and 198x
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
? 305 × 160 × 240 mm
(12.01 × 6.30 × 9.45 in)
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ? 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RIT
CW filter optional
FM optional
Noise filter optional
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 SHIMIZU-DENSHI-SS-000105D KENTEC-BCL-000001