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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability less than 500 Hz variation Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-29 / 29-30 MHz
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 50 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W 200 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 40-1000Ω 50 Ω 20/300Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110 / 125 / 140 / 160 / 220 / 280 V AC, 50-60 Hz) 13.8V DC Separate PSU
Current RX - 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX 195 VA max 22 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1966 in Italy Between 2005 and 200x Between 1965 and 19xx
Dimensions 520 × 260 × 250 mm
(20.47 × 10.24 × 9.84 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
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Weight ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GELOSO-G000004/223 ICOM-IC-007000 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350