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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 26.965-27.405 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 150 W 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX ? ? 120 mA typical
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 195 × 60 × 205 mm
(7.68 × 2.36 × 8.07 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight ? 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK AM USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000011 COMMANDER-TR-000028 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018