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70 cm | UHF Transceiver | 3 W
HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  23cm  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Main: Other mode within ±0.5 x 10^-6 (±0.5 p.p.m.) FM TX mode within ±0.5x10^-6 ±2 kHz Sub: Within ±0.5x10^-6 ±600 Hz ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 0.03-60 / 118-174 / 220-512 MHz
23 cm/10 W option.
0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? Main
SSB/CW/FSK (S/N 10 dB)
≤ 4 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz)
≤ 0.2µV (1.705 MHz ~ 24.5 MHz)
≤ 0.13µV (24.5 MHz ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 0.13µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 0.16µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.11µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 0.11 µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

AM (S/N 10 dB)
≤ 31.6 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz)
≤ 2µV (1.705 ~ 24.5 MHz)
≤ 1.3µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 1.3µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 1.4µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 1.0µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 1.0µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

FM (12 dB SINAD)
≤ 0.22 µV (28 ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 0.22µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 0.25µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.18 µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 0.18µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

Sub
AM
≤ 2.25 µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 1.55 µV (438 ~ 450 MHz)

FM
≤ 0.40µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.28µV (438 ~ 450 MHz)
AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SSB/CW/AM/FSK: Quadruple stereoheterodyne FM: Triple conversion superheterodyne Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? Main: >70 dB Sub: >60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 Watts 8 ohms at 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output High: 3 W, Low: 0.3 W Max 100/100/100/50 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + N-type N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 8 NiCd 13.8V DC +/-15% 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? Squelched 2.6 A 200 - 1500 mA
TX ? Max 20.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2000 and 2014 Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 62 × 167 × 40 mm
(2.44 × 6.57 × 1.57 in)
270 × 96 × 317 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.48 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP. Built-in 1K2/9K6 TNC. Auto-AT on HF/6 m. DX-Cluster functions. CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000740A KENWOOD-TS-B002000 AOR-AR-005700D