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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual band FM Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 73-550 kHz / 1.48-30.5 MHz in six bands 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   FM   N-FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity For 20dB S/N: 8µV at 1MHz, 4.5µV at 4.3MHz, 7µV at 16MHz, 7µV at 28MHz ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15kHz, 9kHz, 3.4kHz, 1.6kHz, 400Hz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 14 valves ? ?
IF-freqs. 735 kHz ? ?
Image rejection 120dB at 1MHz 60dB at 16MHz 46dB at 28MHz ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz -
Modulations - FM   N-FM   -
RF-output ? 1 / 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 100-260 VAC mains or 6V DC vibrator pack Li-ion battery 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1941 and 1945 in USA Between 2014 and 201x in China Between 2002 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
51 × 125 × 25 mm
(2.01 × 4.92 × 0.98 in)
64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
Weight 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 120 gr (4.2 oz) 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional S-meter VOX ?
Accessories ? ? AC-E60HG AC adapter
MPN RCA-AR000088LF BAOFENG-GT-000003-MARK-II SONY-ICF-SC000001