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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave receiver
UHF-FM transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 0.170-0.4 / 0.54-11.5 MHz in four bands 400-470 MHz
Modulations SSB   AM   CW   FM   N-FM   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S/N) ? FM: 0.25 µV
FM-N: 0.35 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 8 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? > 2 W @ 10%

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m - 400-470 MHz
Modulations SSB   - FM   N-FM   GMSK  
RF-output 10 W (PEP) ? 45/25/10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 15-18V DC or mains Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx in Korea Between 1950 and 1952 in USA Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 210 × 100 × 240 mm
(8.27 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
145 × 47 × 190 mm
(5.71 × 1.85 × 7.48 in)
Weight 12.30 kg (27.1 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? BFO
Passive AVC
Carrier/CTCSS/DCS/5Tone/2Tone/DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000012K HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072L ALINCO-DR-000438