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Military Portable Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  11m (CB)  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 26.965-27.405 MHz 38-55 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.7 µV
Selectivity ? ? 75 kHz @ -6 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 38-55 MHz
Modulations - AM   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 4 W 0.9 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? ? Battery pack
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 195x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
? 265 × 77 × 470 mm
(10.43 × 3.03 × 18.50 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) ? 8.42 kg (18.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication
Features BFO ? ?
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 SBE-CONSOLE-V MILITARY-RT-000176-/-PRC-10