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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±1 ppm after calibration ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.01-30 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? 0.49 µV (SSB, S+N/N=10 dB, Preamp ON, Dither OFF) FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? Software Defined (>100 dB Stop Band Attenuation) FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? 0-1.7, 1.7-2.1, 2.1-3.0, 3.0-4.2, 4.2-6.0, 6.0-8.4, 8.4-12.0, 12-17, 17-24, 24-32 or OFF (0-40 MHz Wide-Band Mode) ?
Receiver system ? DSP Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 90 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 100 W ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 5V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 700 mA 200-450 mA
TX ? - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x Between 2007 and 20xx in Italy Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions ? 110 × 36 × 185 mm
(4.33 × 1.42 × 7.28 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 380 gr (13.4 oz) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0 interface D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-TRITON-IV-(000540) PERSEUS-SDR ICOM-ID-000051A