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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Handheld Digital/Analog UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1600-4200 kHz 144-148 MHz 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV Analog (12 dB SINAD)
25 kHz: 0.2 µV
12.5 kHz: 0.25 µV
Digital (BER)
5%: 0.3 µV
1%: 0.7 µV
Selectivity ? ± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz (analog)
12.5 kHz (digital/analog)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 300 mW into 8 Ohms 1000mW /16Ω @ <= 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 400-480 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   DMR  
RF-output ? High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W 0.2 / 1 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC or internal batteries 8.4V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX 100-300 mA 20-130 mA ?
TX - 220-550 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 1980 and 199x Between 2018 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 492 × 232 × 220 mm
(19.37 × 9.13 × 8.66 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
62 × 112 × 46 mm
(2.44 × 4.41 × 1.81 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3 305 gr (10.8 oz) with battery and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features 12 crystal controlled frequencies ? DMR Tier I and Tier II
Text messages
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-R000103 ICOM-IC-000002A Alinco DJ-MD40