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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 25-520 / 760-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-148 / 440-450 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 100 W High: 50/35 W, Medium: ?/? W, Low: 5/5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 12V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? 12 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 2002 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
140 × 50 × 270 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 10.63 in)
?
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.32 kg (2.9 lbs) main unit + controller ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 212 channels in 1 bank(s) 410 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
CTCSS & DTCS. 9k6 packet ready. Twin RX 40 × 10 channels + 10 user defined searches
USA Catalog Number: 20-144
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005D ICOM-IC-002720H RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-002005