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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? None 
Freq. stability +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature ? ± 1.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12.6 / 12.6-32 MHz 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   CW   FM  
Sensitivity Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
≤ 2 µV Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Selectivity ? 10 kHz @ -25 dB without crystal filter
400 Hz with crystal filter
12.5 kHz
Filters 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included Optional 400 Hz crystal filter ?
Receiver system DSP (Digital Signal Processing) Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
1st: 1600 kHz
2nd: 450 kz
?
Image rejection 74 dB typical 45 / 60 / 90 dB 70 dB
Audio output 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD 3 W 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m - 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   - FM  
RF-output 1 - 10 W ? 1 / 25 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5-14 V DC Mains (110 / 220 V AC) 9-16 V DC
Current RX 550 mA 65 W 600 mA
TX 3 A max - 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 20xx Between 1947 and 194x in Great Britain Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
?
Weight 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs) 14.97 kg (33.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 72 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
BFO
Noise limiter
AVC
Standby switch
IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-000539 EDDYSTONE-000640 RAYMARINE-RAY000063