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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Beter than ±0.5ppm ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz Fixed x-tal channels

Receiver

RX-range RX: 0.03-60 MHz (Guaranteed range: 0.5–29.999 and 50–54.000 MHz) 33-47 / 152-164 / 450-470 / 470-508 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity SSB, CW < 0.16μV (1.8–29.995MHz)
SSB, CW < 0.13μV (50MHz band)
AM < 13μV (0.5–1.8MHz)
AM < 2μV (1.8–29.995MHz)
AM < 1μV (50MHz band)
VHF: 0.6 µV for 20 dB quieting
UHF: 1.0 µV for 20 dB quieting
Selectivity SSB: > 2.4kHz/–6dB
SSB (BW: 2.4kHz, sharp): < 3.6kHz/–60dB
CW: > 500Hz/–6dB
CW (BW: 500Hz, sharp): < 900Hz/–60dB
RTTY (BW: 350Hz): > 360Hz/–6dB, < 650Hz/–60dB
AM (BW: 6kHz) > 6.0kHz/–6dB, > 15.0kHz/–60dB
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne XTAL
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455MHz
2nd: 455kHz
3rd: 15.625kHz
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Image rejection More than 70dB ?
Audio output 2 W @ 10% THD 100 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 1.8–2 / 3.5–4 / 5.3305-5.4035 (USB only) / 7–7.3 / 10.1–10.15 / 14–14.35 / 18.068–18.168 / 21–21.45 / 24.89–25 / 28–29.7 / 50–54 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100W, AM: 1-40W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6 V DC (4×AAA)
Current RX 2 A max ?
TX 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1979 and 198x
Dimensions 241 × 84 × 281 mm
(9.49 × 3.31 × 11.06 in)
70 × 158 × 25 mm
(2.76 × 6.22 × 0.98 in)
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 201 channels in bank(s) 6 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 20dB attenuator
Backlit display
DSP
Preamplifier
RIT
PC programmable via USB-connector on the rear panel (CI-V data format)
VOX
Water resistant
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Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007200 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-FOUR-SIX-TS