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HF/VHF Receiver
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Handheld CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.148-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM  
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC (6R14/C + 3R6/AA), 12V DC external or mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) ?
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 1989 in Portugal Between 2000 and 200x Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 299.72 × 177.8 × 50.8 mm
(11.80 × 7.00 × 2.00 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Clock DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000400 ICOM-IC-000718 MIDLAND-000013-853