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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
146-148 MHz 25 MHz - 3 GHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV for 10 dB (S+N)/N ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity Approx. 200-800 Hz ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
Filters 4-pole variable-bandwidth crystal filter ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz
Receiver system ? XTAL-synthesis ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 watt (peak) into 8-ohm load ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!)

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
146-148 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   -
RF-output QRP (0-5 W) 5/30W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8.5 to 15 V DC 13.8V DC 12 - 16V DC
Current RX 55 mA ? 500 mA
TX 700-900 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 130 × 60 × 180 mm
(5.12 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
? 203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
Weight 600 gr (1.3 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-K000001 CLEGG-FM-000028 AOR-SR-002200