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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile MF/HF Marine Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 1.6-30 MHz 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV ? 0.25 µV
Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
? 1st: 45.1 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 65 dB
Audio output 0.5 W ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations - AM   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 150 W 5 / 85 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 13.8 V DC 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX 50 W ? 1 A
TX - ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 20xx and 20xx in Denmark Between 2015 and 201x in China
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
? 164 × 44 × 184 mm
(6.46 × 1.73 × 7.24 in)
Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version ? 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
? CTCSS / PL
DCS
2-tone
DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 SAILOR-CU005110 ALINCO-DR-B000185