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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 30 KHz-30 MHz 10-80 m VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output ? ? 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 10-100 W VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 / 600Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX Max 250 mA ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 1988 in Great Britain Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 255 × 100 × 200 mm
(10.04 × 3.94 × 7.87 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ? 214 gr (7.6 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Flashlight
ANI (Caller ID)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000125 TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) WOUXUN-KG-000816