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HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 5 p.p.m. Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-35.5 MHz 110-180 / 300-500 / 800-950 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? VHF ≤ 0.158 µV
UHF ≤ 0.18 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 12 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 15.25 (VHF) / 44.775 (UHF) MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 0.3 W 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 5 W max 100 W max

Connections

Antenna - BNC SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-16 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 16-190 mA 32 W
TX - 1.6 A max 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 1957 in USA Between 1992 and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 457 × 454 × 394 mm
(17.99 × 17.87 × 15.51 in)
55 × 134 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.28 × 1.30 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 29.40 kg (64.9 lbs) 530 gr (1.2 lbs) with FNB-27 and antenna 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 82 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-PRO-000310 YAESU-FT-000530 KENWOOD-TS-000830M