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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ≤ ± 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (5 minutes), ≤ ± 0.01 p.p.m. with an optional GPS unit ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps 10 Hz - 999.99 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 kHz - 3.15 GHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity 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
? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
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
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
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 ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 294.5MHz / 1.7045GHz
2nd: 45.0MHz / 294.5MHz
3rd: 45.0MHz
? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection > 70dB : 40kHz - 25MHz > 50dB : 25MHz - 2.0GHz > 40dB : 2.0GHz - 3.15GHz ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output > 2W at 8Ω load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC Mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 1.2 A max, 200 mA typical 60 W 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 220 × 70 × 285 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 11.22 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Headless Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
SD-card audio recorder
RS-232 and USB computer interface
Optional LAN adapter
45 MHz IF output
I/Q output option
? 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002300 RACAL-RA-003701 ICOM-ID-000051E