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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 1.5-30 MHz -
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? requires headphones / external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: ? W 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 20-32V DC (28V nominal) Mains
Current RX 400 mA 30 W -
TX Max 3.4 A 140 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1957 and 1958 in USA
Dimensions 138 × 31 × 178 mm
(5.43 × 1.22 × 7.01 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
?
Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN STANDARD-C-008900 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000032