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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  ? ?
Freq. stability ? 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps 1 kHz 0.001 kHz 5 kHz to 995 kHz in increments of 5 or 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2-12 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   AM   FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
FM ≥ 0.5µV across most of the range
AM/SSB ≥ 3.0µV across most of the range
Selectivity ? 10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps) ?
Filters ? Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz ?
Receiver system ? DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 100 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 2-12 MHz - -
Modulations CW   USB   - -
RF-output 20/100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24-28V DC or 115 V AC (400 Hz) 12V DC 11-16 V DC from external supply
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 2010 and 20xx Between 1986 and 199x
Dimensions ? ? 150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
Weight ? ? 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Attenuator
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-RT-000671/PRC-47 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR' AOR-AR-002800