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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF transceiver

General

Current value
USD 203 ~ USD 377 (similar rigs)
USD 203 ~ USD 377 (similar rigs)
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HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.3 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C
Tuning steps 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 0.250-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB: -125 dBm (0.12 µV)
Selectivity ? >65 dB at -1 kHz at -1 kHz +4 kHz SCF (USB)
Filters ? 500 Hz, 2.4 kHz, 2.75 kHz, 3 kHz (software defined)
Receiver system ? SDR Processing Architecture
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? >90 dB
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker 4.0 W into 4 Ω (external H-250 interface) 0.5 W into 8 Ω (handset)

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   SSB  
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 150 W PEP — user programmable Hi, Med, Lo

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 10 V to 35 V DC
Current RX 30 W 650 mA
TX 140 W 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
220 × 66 × 190 mm
(8.66 × 2.60 × 7.48 in)
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) RF-unit + handset
Form factor Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Up to 500 contact list entries
IP67 / MIL-STD-810G
GPS
Data + voice encryption
Accessories ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 CODAN-SENTRY-H