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Mobile Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 / 30 / 50 kHz ? 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-520 / 760-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) ? 136-174 MHz
400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   - FM  
Sensitivity AM (20 dB S/N @ 60% modulation)
25-520 MHz: 2 µV
760-1100 MHz: 2 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 3 µV
FM (20 dB S/N @ 3 kHz deviation)
25-520 MHz: 0.5 µV
760-1100 MHz: 0.5 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM (30 dB S/N @ 22.5 kHz deviation)
25-520 MHz: 3 µV
760-1100 MHz: 3 µV
1100-1300 MHz: 10 µV
? 0.28 μV
Selectivity AM/FM: 18 kHz (-6 dB) / 30 kHz (-50 dB)
W-FM: 300 kHz (-6 dB) / 600 kHz (-50 dB)
? 75 / 65 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.8 W ? 5W (less than 5% distortion) 3W (less than 3% distortion)

Transmitter

TX-range - 20-54 MHz 136-174 MHz
400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   DSB   FM  
RF-output ? 50 W 50 / 45 W max

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 40-600Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains 12 V DC (Negative ground) 13.6V DC ±15%
Current RX 12 W ? 2 A max
TX - 1-8 A 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan (by GRE) Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 275 × 75 × 230 mm
(10.83 × 2.95 × 9.06 in)
228 × 50 × 178 mm
(8.98 × 1.97 × 7.01 in)
154 × 48 × 161 mm
(6.06 × 1.89 × 6.34 in)
Weight 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) 1.15 kg (2.5 lbs) 1.23 kg (2.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Sound squelch
Tape out jack
10 dB attenuator
Dimmer
Membrane keypad
Minimum input drive: 1W ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-002004 LAFAYETTE-HA-000250 HYTERA-TM-000628H