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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Deluxe Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  2m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.003%, PLL-synthesizer
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
138-174 MHz 26,065-28,305 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV for 10 dB (S+N)/N ? AM: 1.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 1.0 µV (20 dB S/N)
Selectivity Approx. 200-800 Hz ? AM/FM: 4 kHz @ -5 dB, 10 kHz @ -50 dB
SSB: 2 kHz @ -5 dB
Filters 4-pole variable-bandwidth crystal filter ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 50 dB
Audio output 1 watt (peak) into 8-ohm load ? 3 W @ 10 THD into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
26,065-28,305 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output QRP (0-5 W) High: 45 W, Low: 5 W CW/AM/FM: 10 W, SSB: 21 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8.5 to 15 V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 55 mA Max 800 mA ?
TX 700-900 mA Max 9.5 A 90 W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x in USA Between 1988 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 130 × 60 × 180 mm
(5.12 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
140 × 50 × 159 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.26 in)
?
Weight 600 gr (1.3 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? SWR / Power meter
Roger beep
Echo
AGC
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-K000001 ICOM-IC-000228H GALAXY-SSB-ECHO