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General

HAM bands ? 70cm  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 25/10 W, Low: 5/1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 900 mA ?
TX - 1.5-8 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1986 and 198x in Japan Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions ? 155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000851S-1 STANDARD-C-006000S AOR-AR-003000AB