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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Communications receiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ± 2.5 p.p.m. ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up ?
Tuning steps 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz ? 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
0.1-1300 MHz 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity 0.28 / 0.33 / 0.35 μV 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 75 / 70 / 65 dB ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1.705 GHz 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 5W (less than 5% distortion) 3W (less than 3% distortion) 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks ?

Transmitter

TX-range 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
- -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 5 / 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.6V DC ±15% 10.8-16 V DC 10-16 V DC
Current RX 2 A max 750 mA 200 - 1500 mA
TX 8 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 201x and 201x in China Between 2014 and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 152 × 43 × 125 mm
(5.98 × 1.69 × 4.92 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HYTERA-TM-000600 AOR-AR-DV000001 AOR-AR-005700D