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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 27.005-27.135 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 27.005-27.135 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 0.5 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1977 and 1979 in West-Germany Between 1957 and 1958 in USA
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
305 × 115 × 270 mm
(12.01 × 4.53 × 10.63 in)
?
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 BRAUN-SE-000411 HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000032