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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ±3.5 kHz from -40 to +60°C
Tuning steps Continuous ? 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 0.1-30 MHz 26.000-69.950 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz better than 80 dB @ ±50 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ? >60 dB typical ?
Audio output ? 1 watt 4 Ohm 50 mW into 600 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 26.000-69.950 MHz
Modulations CW   - FM  
RF-output 60 W - 150 mW / 1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC or mains 24V DC (21-29V DC, 32V max); 13.8V does also work 12 U2-cell batteries (NiCd)
Current RX - 1.5 A 60 mA (24V)
TX ? - 240 mA (24V)

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Germany
Dimensions ? 308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
359 × 270 × 125 mm
(14.13 × 10.63 × 4.92 in)
Weight ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs) with antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) 880 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? DSP ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EICO-000720 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 MILITARY-SEM-000035