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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Channelized ? 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz) 0.01-3000 MHz
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM: 0.7 µV (10 dB S+S/N)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB S+S/N
SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM (10 dB S/N, BW: 6 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.5 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.56 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.36 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 15 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.28 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.32 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.22 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 220 kHz)
90-150 MHz: 1.12 µV
400-700 MHz: 1.25 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.9 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N, BW: 3 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.25 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.23 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.14 µV
Selectivity -65 dB @ 10 kHz AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 & 220 kHz (500 Hz optional)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 7.8 MHz ? 1st: 622 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 W ? 1.7 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 80-10 m (no WARC) -
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10% 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? 2 / 7 A (heater off/on) 1 A
TX ? 22 A max. -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 197x Between 199x and 2008 in Japan
Dimensions 197 × 62 × 220 mm
(7.76 × 2.44 × 8.66 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
217 × 100 × 260 mm
(8.54 × 3.94 × 10.24 in)
Weight 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 6146B final AFC and NB
Alpha tags
EEPROM storage
Five VFO's
Clock and sleep timer
10.7 MHz IF output
Discriminator output
RS232C
Accessories ? ? 4-way external antenna switch
Tape recording cable
CTCSS unit
25-1300 MHz discone antenna
12 V cable
Voice inverter unit
30 kHz to 2 GHz ultra wideband antenna
Collins 2.5 kHz mechanical SSB filter
Collins 6 kHz mechanical AM filter
Collins 500 Hz mechanical CW filter
RS232C cable, 25 pin
MPN SBE-SIDEBANDER-VI UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020 AOR-AR-005000A