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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 255-525 KHz / 1.5-30.3 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 2-1100 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 10 kHz to 500 kHz
Receiver system 14 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 3.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 60 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 0.2 A ?
TX - 1.0 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 19xx in Germany Between 197x and 198x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 550 × 355 × 407 mm
(21.65 × 13.98 × 16.02 in)
179 × 56 × 211 mm
(7.05 × 2.20 × 8.31 in)
?
Weight 38.00 kg (83.8 lbs) 1.85 kg (4.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication
Features ? 5 scanning memories
ANL
PA
SelCall
Signal strength readout in dBm
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIEMENS-000745-E309B ZODIAC-SEARCHER-000040 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008615