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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave VFO

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C) ?
Tuning steps 0.05 kHz 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-3000 MHz (0.1-0.53 MHz with reduced sensitivity) 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional) 10-80 m
Modulations All mode   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   -
Sensitivity 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 3000 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
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Selectivity SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
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Image rejection ? 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB ?
Audio output 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD 600 ohm line audio ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC From PCI interface Mains
Current RX 70-400 mA ? -
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 200x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
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Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) ?
Form factor Mobile PC-card Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. Improved HF performance plus a couple of other new features. DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008600-MK2 WINRADIO-WR-G000313I EICO-000722