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Desktop Shortwave receiver
6 band SSB/CW transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 2.5-4.1 / 5-8 / 10-15.1 / 18-22 MHz 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
9 MHz 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W, external speaker required ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 10.1-10.15 / 14-14.5 / 18.068-18.168 / 21-21.5 MHz -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 5-8 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125V AC 13.8 V DC 11-16.6V DC
Current RX ? 180 mA ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1965 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx in Canada Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 400 × 222 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 9.02 in)
? 183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight ? ? 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Kit Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
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