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70 cm | UHF Transceiver | 3 W
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
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 - 2040 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
0.17 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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)
14 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? >70 dB
Audio output ? 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations FM   - FM  
RF-output High: 3 W, Low: 0.3 W ? High: 25/25 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 8 NiCd 10.8-16V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby 600 mA (no input signal)
TX ? - Max 7.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x Between 1983 and 19xx
Dimensions 62 × 167 × 40 mm
(2.44 × 6.57 × 1.57 in)
155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
161 × 60 × 217 mm
(6.34 × 2.36 × 8.54 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
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. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000740A AOR-AR-008600 KENWOOD-TW-004000A