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Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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Bookshelf UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-550 / 800-1300 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 430-436 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM: 1.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? ?
Selectivity AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 10 kHz (-70 dB)
N-FM: 7.5 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-70 dB)
W-FM: 50 kHz (-6 dB), 250 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion; PLL synthesizer / high level DBM ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 750 MHz
2nd: 45.03 MHz
3rd: 5.5 MHz (W-FM), 455 kHz (N-FM/AM)
? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 430-436 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 3 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239 + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 300~500mA Max 1.5 A 40 mA
TX - Max 20 A Max 1 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 1992 and 199x Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
61 × 183 × 162 mm
(2.40 × 7.20 × 6.38 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 5 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232
10dB Attenuator
Clock
Rotary control
? VXO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002002 ICOM-IC-000728 ICOM-IC-000302