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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ? Not applicable

Receiver

RX-range 2-29.9999 MHz 1.5-18 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   -
Sensitivity SSB: 0.7 µV for 10 dB SINAD
AM: 3 µV for 10 dB SINAD
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 75 dB ? ?
Audio output 20 mW max ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2-29.9999 MHz - 3.5-29.7 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - All mode  
RF-output 20 W PEP ? 160 W (3.5-21 MHz), 140 W (28 MHz)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC 12V DC (internal dynamotor) 12-16V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - 15 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx in by Hughes and Tadiran Between 193x and 194x in by RCA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 31.75 × 26.67 × 6.66 mm
(1.25 × 1.05 × 0.26 in)
460 × 240 × 182 mm
(18.11 × 9.45 × 7.17 in)
123 × 107 × 265 mm
(4.84 × 4.21 × 10.43 in)
Weight 6.36 kg (14.0 lbs) ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Military communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-AN/PRC-000140 MILITARY-BC-000312-M KENWOOD-TL-000120