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HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 144-146 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV
Selectivity ? ? ± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 300 mW into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? 0.1 / 1 / 10 W High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 12 V DC 8.4V DC
Current RX ? ? 20-130 mA
TX - 2.5 A max 220-550 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 197x and 197x in discontinued in the early seventies Between 1980 and 199x
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
? 65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3
Form factor Portable Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 KDK-FM-000144-10LA ICOM-IC-000002A