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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ?
Freq. stability ? better than ±2 ppm
Tuning steps ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20, 40 & 80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB
Selectivity ? SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20, 40 & 80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 100 W 5/20 W (PEP)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC)
Current RX ? 250 mA
TX ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 19xx in East Germany Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
Weight 30.00 kg (66.2 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN RFT-000210 RACAL-TRA-000931