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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  23cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 ppm Less than 500 cycles drift in first hour, after 15 minutes warm-up, and less than 100 cycles per hour thereafter
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 0.531-1300 MHz -
Modulations AM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM) ?
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
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Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 430-450 / 1260-1300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage 100 W (AM 35 W)

Connections

Antenna - SMA RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external Mains (117 V AC, 50/60 cycles)
Current RX ? 200 mA -
TX - 2 A max 350 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan Between 1965 and 196x in USA
Dimensions ? 61 × 115 × 30 mm
(2.40 × 4.53 × 1.18 in)
333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
Weight ? 296 gr (10.4 oz) incl. antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
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Accessories ? ? HA-16 VOX ADAPTOR
MPN EDDYSTONE-000670A ALINCO-DJ-G000007T HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000046