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

General

HAM bands None  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz Channelized 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range All International Maritime VHF channels 26.965-27.255 MHz, 26.965-27.405 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range All International Maritime VHF channels 26.965-27.255 MHz, 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations FM   AM   -
RF-output 25 W 3.5 / 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12/24 V DC ? 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX 5 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 198x in Denmark Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-RT000144AC HANDIC-003605 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B