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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C ?
Tuning steps Continuous 10 Hz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 0.250-30 MHz 26.965‐27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter) ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne SDR Processing Architecture ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >85 dB ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 26.965‐27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM  
RF-output ? 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable 4 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) N-type SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational) 12.6 V DC +/- 10%
Current RX ? 120 mA ?
TX - 12 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
110 × 45 × 140 mm
(4.33 × 1.77 × 5.51 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery 665 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories None 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features BFO MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
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Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 CODAN-002110M MIDLAND-M-ZERO-PLUS