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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Monitoring Scope
Direct Sampling SDR HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability better than ±2 ppm ? ±0.25 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps 1 kHz ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-29.999 MHz 160-6 m 0.1-54 MHz (2 m/70 cm optional)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct-sampling SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-29.999 MHz ? 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m (2m / 70cm optional)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
RF-output 5/20 W (PEP) 100 W PEP 0.1-10 / 0.1-100

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC) Mains (120-240 V AC) 12-15V DC
Current RX 250 mA ? 2 A
TX 4 A ? 23 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2019 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
? 343 × 114 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 4.49 × 10.00 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration ? 4.54 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 144 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Modular hybrid design for easy upgrade and expansion
DSP 7" color touch
display
HDMI video output
Ethernet jack
Remote control
Single or dual panadapter
USB-jacks
RS-232C
Transverter I/O
Iambic keyer
Twin RX
Real-time clock
Built-in help system
Linux-based computing module
Accessories ? ? Comes with KDIV4 option, a second set of band-pass filters and additional direct-sampling ADC module
MPN RACAL-TRA-000931 HEATHKIT-SB-000610 ELECRAFT-K000004D