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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Remote Linear Master Oscillator / VFO

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C ≤ 100 Hz per hour after warmup
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 2-29.999 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz 5.0-5.5 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV   All mode  
Sensitivity SSB/CW Narrow: 1.7µV @ 20 dB
AM: 7.5 µV @ 20 dB
FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
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Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
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Filters CW wide: 2900 Hz, CW narrow: 400 Hz ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2-29.999 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV   All mode  
RF-output SSB/CW: 3/30 W, AM: 7.5 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-28V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external Transceiver unit (11 + 13.6 V DC)
Current RX 175 mA 200-450 mA -
TX 1.2 A 2.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in UK Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan Between 1978 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 90 × 250 mm
(12.99 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
352 × 251 × 181 mm
(13.86 × 9.88 × 7.13 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs)
Form factor Portable Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Range: 40 km by day under normal conditions 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-PRC-000320 ICOM-ID-000051E HEATHKIT-SB-000644A