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Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup 0.001%
Tuning steps ? Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob Channelized

Receiver

RX-range - 10-80 m 26.695-27.845 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N) < 0.5 µV / < 0.15 µV for 10 dB S/N (AM/ SSB)
Selectivity ? 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz ?
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system ? Double direct conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? -50 dB
Audio output ? Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms 2.5W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 6 m 10-80 m 26.695-27.845 MHz
Modulations CW   CW   AM   SSB  
RF-output 1 W 30-40 W AM: 4 W / SSB: 12 W PEP

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 35-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC 12V DC or mains Mains / 13.8 V DC
Current RX - ? 1 A max
TX ? ? 3.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 200x in Japan Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
285 × 135 × 342 mm
(11.22 × 5.31 × 13.46 in)
Weight ? 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs) 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs)
Form factor Kit Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Full QSK ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-QP-000050 TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570) GALAXY-DX-002547