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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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 ? 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? requires headphones / external speaker

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 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125V AC 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? 30 W
TX - 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1963 in USA Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions 343 × 195 × 220 mm
(13.50 × 7.68 × 8.66 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight ? 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000105 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321