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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile dual-band VHF/UHF transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 100 Hz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 108-134 / 134-174 / 200-260 / 400-490 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? W-FM ≤ 0.25 μV (12 dB SINAD)
N-FM ≤ 0.35 μV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 4.5 kHz ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker requires headphones / external speaker 2 W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz 134-174 / 200-260 / 400-490 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) 55 / 10 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 13.8 V DC (±15%)
Current RX ? 30 W ?
TX - 140 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1960 in USA Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
139 × 40 × 212 mm
(5.47 × 1.57 × 8.35 in)
Weight 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 758 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SP-200 speaker ? CTCSS/PL
DCS
DTMF
2-tone/5-tone signalling
scrambler
Twin RX (V/U, V/V, U/U configuration)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000160 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 ANYTONE-AT-005888UV-III