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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 1.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.5-30 MHz 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 0.5 µV for 12 dB SINAD (Preamp ON)

AM
0.5-1.605 MHz; ≥ 12.6 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 2.0 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Selectivity ? SSB/CW
2.1 kHz/-6 dB, 4.0 kHz/-60 dB

AM
6.0 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
12.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.605-2 / 3.5-4 / 5-8 / 9-30 MHz 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? 5-100 W (AM 5-25 W) 1 / 25 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains 9-16 V DC
Current RX 200 mA 1.3-2.1 A 600 mA
TX - Max 20 A 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 216 × 95 × 248 mm
(8.50 × 3.74 × 9.76 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 50 channels in 1 bank(s) 72 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Marine / Navy
Features ? ? IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-RX-000110 ICOM-IC-000077 RAYMARINE-RAY000063