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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands None  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 25 kHz 20 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range All International Maritime VHF channels 430 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 33.8 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range All International Maritime VHF channels 430 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 25 W 12 W 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12/24 V DC 13.8V DC External high-voltage power supply
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 5 A max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 198x in Denmark Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
? 380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ? 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-RT000144AC FDK-MULTI-000400S HEATHKIT-HW-000100