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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Amateur Portable Transceiver
Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 18-620 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W / 3.2 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 27 / 49-53 / 136-174 / 400-520 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   All mode  
RF-output 50-100 W 5 / 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 2600 mAh Li-Ion 12-14 V DC
Current RX 300-500 mA ? < 500 mA
TX 16 A max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1979 in USA Between 202x and 20xx in China Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
? 200 × 40 × 130 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 5.12 in)
Weight 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) ? 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories None 960 channels in 15 bank(s) 16000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
NOAA channels
GPS/APRS Position Sending
Bluetooth App Programming
USB-C charging
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000210M RADTEL-RT-000950 MAT-TUNER-MAT-001500PROII