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Base Station Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands None  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. (0 °C to + 50 °C)
Tuning steps Channelized ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 148-174 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.1-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? FM: 0.15 µV (10 dB)
SSB: 0.06 µV (10 dB)
SSB (1b dB S/N): 0.5-0.13 µV
AM (10 dB S/N): 6.3-1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.22 µV
Selectivity ? ? SSB/FSK/PSK: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB
AM: 6.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 12.0 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 12.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 25.0 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 500 Hz, 2.7 kHz, 6 kHz and 15 kHz (optional 270 Hz)
Receiver system XTAL Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz 1st: 8.248 MHz
2nd: 24 kHz (FM: 36 kHz)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W into 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC + 60 m + 6 m
EU version: 4 m (70 MHz)
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output ? 10 W Max 100 W (AM 25 W)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? Max 1.4 A 3 A max
TX - Max 2.9 A 22.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1977 and 197x in West Germany Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 307 × 117 × 260 mm
(12.09 × 4.61 × 10.24 in)
410 × 158 × 387 mm
(16.14 × 6.22 × 15.24 in)
Weight ? 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Built-in auto antenna tuner (ATU)
7 inch color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-000007A BRAUN-SE-000402 KENWOOD-TS-000890S