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Mobile 6m Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 / 30 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-10 MHz 25-520 / 760-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 6m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (20 dB S/N @ 60% modulation)
25-520 MHz: 2 µV
760-1100 MHz: 2 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 3 µV
FM (20 dB S/N @ 3 kHz deviation)
25-520 MHz: 0.5 µV
760-1100 MHz: 0.5 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM (30 dB S/N @ 22.5 kHz deviation)
25-520 MHz: 3 µV
760-1100 MHz: 3 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 10 µV
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Selectivity ? AM/FM: 18 kHz (-6 dB) / 30 kHz (-50 dB)
W-FM: 300 kHz (-6 dB) / 600 kHz (-50 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne XTAL
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.8 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 6m
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 10 W, Medium: 1 W, Low: 0.1 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC SO-239
Impedance 200 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 13.8 V DC or mains 12V DC
Current RX Max 80 W 12 W ?
TX - - Max 2.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1937 and 19xx Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan (by GRE) Between 197x and 197x in discontinued in the early seventies
Dimensions 455 × 261 × 440 mm
(17.91 × 10.28 × 17.32 in)
275 × 75 × 230 mm
(10.83 × 2.95 × 9.06 in)
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Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second 12 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Sound squelch
Tape out jack
10 dB attenuator
Dimmer
Membrane keypad
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SP-000110LX RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-002004 KDK-FM-000050-10LA