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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Dual-band VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz ? 5 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 1-20 MHz in 5 bands 0.54-30 / 30-79 / 76-108 / 108-137 / 137-174 / 174-222 / 222-470 / 470-800 / 800-999 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV ? 0.18 µV - 3 µV
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
? 12 kHz / 35 kHz
200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superhet with RF-stage Double / Triple conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
460 kHz 47.25 MHz / 450 kHz
45.8 / 10.7 / 1 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 0.5 W 0.05 W 100 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 3 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 12 / 24 V DC, 110 / 120 V AC depending on version 3.7 V DC ± 15%, 1200 mA/h battery
Current RX 50 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 1951 and 197x Between 2013 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
310 × 215 × 230 mm
(12.20 × 8.46 × 9.06 in)
81 × 47 × 23 mm
(3.19 × 1.85 × 0.91 in)
Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version 10.50 kg (23.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 MILITARY-R000209 ZASTONE-ZT-000002R