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Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  11m (CB)  2m 
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz VFO, 1 kHz steps 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-60 MHz 27.775-29.775 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
? ≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV
Selectivity CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
? ± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters Software controlled ? ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ? ?
Audio output Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ? 300 mW into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6m 27.775-29.775 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 10% ? 8.4V DC
Current RX 1.5A ? 20-130 mA
TX 25A max ? 220-550 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 197x and 197x in Taiwan Between 1980 and 199x
Dimensions 236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
232 × 65 × 275 mm
(9.13 × 2.56 × 10.83 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 3.55 kg (7.8 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3
Form factor Headless Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SDR (Software Defined Radio) PA
ANL
NB
RF & Mic gain
SWR
Tone
Dimmer
Scanner
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000A PRESIDENT-ADAMS-(VFO) ICOM-IC-000002A