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

General

HAM bands ? 40m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-3500 MHz 40 m 435 MHz transmitter, 145 to 29 MHz receiving converter
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   - CW   SSB  
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
0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N N/A
Selectivity ? 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) N/A
Filters ? ? N/A
Receiver system Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer N/A
IF-freqs. ? 11 MHz N/A
Image rejection ? ? N/A
Audio output ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. N/A

Transmitter

TX-range - 40 m ?
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 3W N/A

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC ?V DC
Current RX 1.5-2.2 A 35-80mA ?
TX - 800mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 19xx and 20xx Between 1983 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-ALPHA TEN-TEC-001340 TEN-TEC-002510