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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Quad-band 4/6/2m/70cm Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up, less than 2 kHz in first hour of operation ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m FM: 26-30 / 50-54 / 65-108 / 108-181 / 320-350 / 400-480 / 700-988 MHz
AM: 108-136 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.25 µV (13 dB SINAD)
700-998 MHz: -97 dBm (13 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 1.2 kHz (-6 dB), 2.4 kHz (-60 dB) 12.5 kHz < -60 dB
25 kHz < -70 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 26-30 / 50-54 / 136-175 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains (with PS-510) 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 180 W max 500 mA
TX - 315 W max 9 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1973 Between 197x and 19xx Between 2013 and 201x in China
Dimensions 460 × 260 × 130 mm
(18.11 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
330 × 215 × 345 mm
(12.99 × 8.46 × 13.58 in)
140 × 44 × 207 mm
(5.51 × 1.73 × 8.15 in)
Weight 6.45 kg (14.2 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 1.44 kg (3.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 999 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DTMF-mic
Dual display
Detachable front panel
Called ID
Twin RX
Cross-band repeater
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-001000 KENWOOD-TS-000510 WOUXUN-KG-UV000950P(L)