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Mobile Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Channelized ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 11 m 1-20 MHz in 5 bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superhet with RF-stage SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 460 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 0.05 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 11 m - 160-6 m
Modulations AM   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12 / 24 V DC, 110 / 120 V AC depending on version 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1951 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 310 × 215 × 230 mm
(12.20 × 8.46 × 9.06 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 10.50 kg (23.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 22 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-MESSENGER-000130A MILITARY-R000209 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M