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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz All International Maritime VHF channels 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz All International Maritime VHF channels -
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output ? 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 12/24 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? 5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 198x in Denmark Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001220 SAILOR-RT000144AC AOR-AR-ALPHA-B