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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz 25.615-28.305 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD AM/CW: 0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz AM/FM: 10 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB: 2 kHz (-5 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz 25.615-28.305 MHz 26-28 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output 150 W 25 W SSB: 120 W, AM/FM: 60 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max ? ?
TX 22 A max ? 12 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx in Taiwan Between 20xx and 20xx in Brazil
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
? 175 × 55 × 125 mm
(6.89 × 2.17 × 4.92 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) 240 channels in 6 bank(s) None
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
Roger beep
Dimmer
Echo tone
Variable RF power output
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Accessories SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ? ?
MPN SEA-000235 RANGER-RCI-002980 ZAMIN-AB000400P