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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 6.25 / 12.5 and 25 kHz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 136-174 MHz (VHF version)
400-470 MHz (UHF Lo version)
450-512 MHz (UHF Hi version)
1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? <0.2µV (12dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 25 or 12.5 kHz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? requires headphones / external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 MHz (VHF version)
400-470 MHz (UHF Lo version)
450-512 MHz (UHF Hi version)
1.5-30 MHz
Modulations - N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? Hi: 4 to 5W, Low: 0.5W 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna - SMA BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125V AC 7.2V DC or internal Li-ion battery 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? ? 30 W
TX - ? 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1963 in USA Between 200x and 20xx in China Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions 343 × 195 × 220 mm
(13.50 × 7.68 × 8.66 in)
55 × 100 × 32 mm
(2.17 × 3.94 × 1.26 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight ? 230 gr (8.1 oz) including battery 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
DTMF/2 tone/MSK ANI
1750 Hz tone
PC programmable
Reverse frequency function (shift)
Scrambler
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000105 PUXING-PX-000728 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321