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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Tri-band analog mobile transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5.0 / 6.25 / 10.0 / 12.5 / 25.0 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.5-1710 kHz / 76-108 / 108-136 / 175-250 / 300-399 / 480-520 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) ≤ 0.25 μV (wide band)
≤ 0.35 μV (narrow band)
Selectivity ? 34 built-in filters with various characteristics ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W @ 10%

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 137-174 / 222-225 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 100 W VHF: 5 / 10 / 50 W, UHF: 7 / 40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 12-14V DC 13.8 V DC ±20%
Current RX ? Max 1 A ?
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 1975 Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 460 × 270 × 120 mm
(18.11 × 10.63 × 4.72 in)
130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
145 × 47 × 190 mm
(5.71 × 1.85 × 7.48 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PC-controlled. IF-DSP. Multi-color LCD Display
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-002000 TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) BAOFENG-UV-000050X3