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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver | Touch screen | 20W

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz 10-80 m 144 / 430 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity ? ≤ 0.5 µV for S/N 10 dB ?
Selectivity ? 2700 Hz @ -6 dB / 4600 Hz @ -50 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion Single conversion below 7 MHz ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 1720 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W, external speaker required 3 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 144 / 430 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM   D-STAR  
RF-output ? 150 W 20 W max

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 20/300Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 115/230V AC Mains or 12-14 V DC with model 12A converter 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1963 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2014 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 482 × 279 × 406 mm
(18.98 × 10.98 × 15.98 in)
330 × 140 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
?
Weight ? 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Dual-band, dual receive
Touch screen
Android support
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000400 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350B ICOM-IC-005100