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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.01-60 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ?
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection >50 dB 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 160-6m 144-148 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output 100 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 0.4/5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 10% 5.5-16 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5A ?
TX ? 30A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 198x and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
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Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
SDR (Software Defined Radio) DTMF, CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005D FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C HEATHKIT-HWS-000002XL