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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW  
Sensitivity ? ≥ 2 µV
Selectivity ? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50Ω 70Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) Mains
Current RX 30 W 65 W
TX 140 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 EDDYSTONE-000504