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

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Better than ± 0.002% ? SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C)
Tuning steps 10 kHz ? SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144.000-148.995 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-912 MHz 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity < 1 µV input for 30 dB S/N ? SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 8 kHz @ -6 dB
16 kHz @ -70 dB
? (-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM)
IF-freqs. 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? ? better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz)
Audio output 1.5 W @ 10% THD 1.8 W 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144.000-145.995 MHz (European version)
144.000-148.995 MHz (US version)
- 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 15 W, Low: 2 W ? SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.5 V DC ±10%
Current RX 400-550 mA 500 mA max ?
TX 1.25-2.5 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1997 and 199x Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
265 × 90 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.54 × 7.40 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 4 channels/second 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
PC programmable
S-meter
CTCSS,
Rotary control
Auto-store
Weather alert
Auto-sort,
Backlight
Tape record control
Data skip
Duplicate frequency alert
20 search-skip frequencies
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KDK-FM-002016AE UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000895XLT YAESU-FT-000080C