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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ ± 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (5 minutes), ≤ ± 0.01 p.p.m. with an optional GPS unit
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 Hz - 999.99 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 40 kHz - 3.15 GHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
SSB/CW
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 1.2 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-1000 MHz: 0.3 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.3 µV
AM
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 4.0 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 4.0 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2.0 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 2.5 µV
FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.7 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.7 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 1.8 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 1.8 µV
Selectivity ? ? CW: 500Hz -3dB: > 380Hz -80dB: > 500Hz
AM: 6kHz -3dB: > 5.5kHz -80dB: > 6.9kHz
SSB: 3kHz -3dB: > 2.7kHz -80dB: > 3.1kHz
N-FM: 15kHz -3dB: >14.2kHz -80dB: > 15.6kHz
W-FM: 200kHz -3dB: > 200kHz -80dB: > 250kHz
Filters ? ? 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 6kHz, 15kHz, 30kHz, 100kHz, 300kHz - Receiving mode dependent
Receiver system ? ? 40kHz: 25MHz Direct conversion 25MHz: 200MHz Double super-heterodyne 200MHz: 420MHz Triple super-heterodyne 420MHz: 3.15GHz Double super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 294.5MHz / 1.7045GHz
2nd: 45.0MHz / 294.5MHz
3rd: 45.0MHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70dB : 40kHz - 25MHz > 50dB : 25MHz - 2.0GHz > 40dB : 2.0GHz - 3.15GHz
Audio output ? ? > 2W at 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range - 144–146 / 430–440MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-11.5V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.2 A max, 200 mA typical
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1954 in USA Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
220 × 70 × 285 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 11.22 in)
Weight ? 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories None 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
CTCSS / DCS
SD-card audio recorder
RS-232 and USB computer interface
Optional LAN adapter
45 MHz IF output
I/Q output option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390/URR ICOM-IC-E000080D AOR-AR-002300