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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz 400-470 MHz / FM-radio
Modulations AM   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: 2.5 µV (10 dB SNR @ 30% modulation
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB SNR)
100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
≤ 0.20 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 4 kHz (-6 dB) 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 2 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC 13.8V DC 3.8 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 250 mA (no signal) ? 400 mA max
TX - - 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 1989 and 199x Between 2014 and 201x in China
Dimensions ? 138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
116 × 57 × 35 mm
(4.57 × 2.24 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port PC programmable
Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
Voice prompt
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001254 AOR-AR-003000AB BAOFENG-BF-A000005