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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 ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps USB/LSB/CW: 1Hz, FM: 0.001 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1500 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity AM (10dB S/N)
<0.5 MHz: n.sp.
0.5-1.5 MHz 5 µV
1.5-30 MHz 1 µV
30-1000 MHz 1 µV
1-1.5 GHz 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10dB S/N)
<0.5 MHz: n.sp.
0.5-1.5 MHz 0.9 µV
1.5-30 MHz 0.3 µV
30-1000 MHz 0.3 µV
1-1.5 GHz 0.5 µV
FM-N/FM-W 12dB SINAD
<0.5 MHz n.sp.
0.5-1.5 MHz 0.9 µV
1.5-30 MHz 0.35 µV
30-1000 MHz 0.35 µV
1-1.5 GHz 0.4 µV
? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N: 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W: 230 kHz @ 6dB
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/Triple conversion + DSP ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 65 dB typical ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output 200 mW ? ?

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions ? 483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Headless Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 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 Internal ISA-card ? 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 WINRADIO-WR-003150I RACAL-RA-003701 ICOM-ID-000051E