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Floating Marine Transceiver | GPS

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ? ± 10 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz ? 156.050 - 163.275 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   - FM  
Sensitivity <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz ? 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz ? 12 / 25 kHz (-6 / -60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
? 1st: 47.25 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB typical ? 70 dB
Audio output 1 watt 4 Ohm ? 700 mW @ 16 ohm for 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-29.7 MHz
160-10m
156.025 - 157.425 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output - 30 kW @ 200 W input 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 6 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws - -
Impedance 50/450Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains Mains 12 V DC - 1150mAh Lithium-Ion
Current RX 1.5 A ? 330 mA
TX - ? 1.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan Between 2013 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
540 × 610 × 720 mm
(21.26 × 24.02 × 28.35 in)
62 × 142 × 45 mm
(2.44 × 5.59 × 1.77 in)
Weight 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 224.00 kg (494.2 lbs) 335 gr (11.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) None 48 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features DSP Eimac 4CX15000A/D tube Submersible JIS-7 / IPX7
DSC Distress, All Ships, Group and Position Polling
One hand operation
Rubber armor on case for sure grip and durability
SOS Strobe light
Programmable channel names
12-channel GPS receiver
Large LCD (132 × 64 dots)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000350 DRESSLER-TSUNAMI-000030K STANDARD-HX000851