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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Dual band VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz, variable speed

Receiver

RX-range 255-525 KHz / 1.5-30.3 MHz 140-150 MHz 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? MDS = -130 dbm
Selectivity ? ? 500 Hz to 4 kHz adjustable with the SCAF filters
Filters ? ? 15 kHz
Receiver system 14 tubes ? Double conversion, down-converting design. Side-band elimination using phasing techniques with digitally generated Quadrature carriers and Image Reject Mixers preceded by 15 kHz crystal roofing filters.
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 25 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 140-150 MHz 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 1 / 3 W 20 Watts CW or PEP SSB

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 60 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 10.7 V DC 11.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? 3.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 19xx in Germany Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 550 × 355 × 407 mm
(21.65 × 13.98 × 16.02 in)
? 203 × 95 × 305 mm
(7.99 × 3.74 × 12.01 in)
Weight 38.00 kg (83.8 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 20 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Fully PC-controllable
10.7 MHz IF-signal output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIEMENS-000745-E309B CTE-CT-001600 NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000006N4