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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 15/20/40 m 0.495-999 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB >50 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 15/20/40 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? 100 W High: 5 / 5 W, Mid1: 2.5 / 2.5 W, Mid2: 500/500 mW, Low: 100 / 100 mW

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50/75 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains 7.4V DC (battery pack) 10-16V DC (external)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 198x and 198x in Korea Between 2008 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
58 × 112 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.41 × 1.34 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) with BP-256
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept. Alpha tags. CTCSS and DTCS. Submersible (1 meter/30 minutes). Twin RX Optional speaker-mike with built-in GPS receiver (HM-175GPS) for extended D-Star functions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 BANDO-TECHNIC-000003DP ICOM-IC-E000092D