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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 1 kHz 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 0.5-55 MHz 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV
50-54 MHz: 2 uV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-20 MHz: 0.35 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.35 uV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 uV
FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 μV
Selectivity ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Double (AM/SSB/CW) /triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne Single / double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st IF: 70.455 MHz
2nd IF: 10.695 MHz
3rd IF: 455 kHz
1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 0.6 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 450 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 0.5-5 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) BNC Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 9-15 V DC (3800 mAh battery) 3.7 v Li-ion battery
Current RX ? 660 mA ?
TX - 2.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in China Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
160 × 99 × 46 mm
(6.30 × 3.90 × 1.81 in)
192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 940 gr (2.1 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery
Form factor Base Station Portable Portable

Other features

Memories None ? 650 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO 3.6" LCD
IF output
Built-in auto-ATU
Backlit buttons
Memory keyer
AF-DSP
Internal or external microphone
?
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 XIEGU-X005105 TECSUN-PL-000880