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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 143.8-148.2 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV provides output 10 dB above noise ?
Selectivity ? 15 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 22-26 MHz (tunable)
2nd: 2 MHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W internal speaker, 15 W PA output 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 143.8-148.2 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   -
RF-output CW: 500 W (input), AM: 375 W (input) AM: 8 W, CW: 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50-72Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6.3V DC, 12.6V DC or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX - 60 W 500 mA
TX ? 120 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1948 and 19xx in USA Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 305 × 152 × 254 mm
(12.01 × 5.98 × 10.00 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight ? ? 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000310A-3-/-30K-1 HEATHKIT-HW-000020-PAWNEE UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T