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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Monitoring Scope

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-15 m 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz 3.5-54 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 10-400 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
AM: 0.8 µV
400-1000 MHz
N-FM: 0.7 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
1000-1500 MHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV
60 mV / 1/4" deflection (horizontal and vertical)
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 724.20 MHz
2nd: 287.550 MHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W @ 10% THD 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-15 m - ?
Modulations USB   LSB   - All mode  
RF-output 50~60 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC SO-239
Impedance 40-100Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12 V DC 4.8-6 V DC internal batteries or 9-16 V DC external Mains (120-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 95-140 mA 25 W
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 1974 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 295 × 127 × 241 mm
(11.61 × 5.00 × 9.49 in)
63 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
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Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 315 gr (11.1 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Backlit LCD
Backlit keypad
Attenuator
Sleep timer
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Accessories ? ABF125 VHF Airband Filter (BNC M to F)
ABF128 VHF Airband Filter, Bandpass: 108-136 MHz. (BNC M to BNC F)
RU2700 IC Recorder (20 Seconds) Slot Card
SC2700 Vinyl carry case.
DA900 Flexible antenna 9 inch [BNC]
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MPN SBE-SB-000034 AOR-AR-002700 HEATHKIT-SB-000614