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General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ? ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps ? 9 / 10 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands 0.1-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
? ?
Selectivity 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) 7.0 / 4.0 / 2.5 kHz ?
Filters 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna - Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic + KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585) BNC
Impedance 70/80Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Line in / out
Ext. speaker
Headphones
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Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU 9 V DC (4 × R20 / D cells) 9-15 V DC
Current RX 80 W ? 550 mA
TX - - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1961 in Great Britain Between 200x and 200x Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 333 × 180 × 58 mm
(13.11 × 7.09 × 2.28 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Portable

Other features

Memories ? 1700 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual clocks and timers. PBT 320*240 pixel 5.7", 240 × 320 pixel LCD ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000730/4 ETÓN-E000001 XIEGU-X006100