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VHF/UHF Transceiver
CB Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-136 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
(VHF sub-band: <0.28 µV for 12 dB SINAD)
? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-40 dB) ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 438-450 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 2.5-6 / 2.2-6 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 / 0.5 W, El: 50 / 50 mW ? ?

Connections

Antenna SMA - BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 9 V battery pack or 5.5-16V DC external ? 11-15 V DC
Current RX 25-115 mA (depending on configuration) ? 500 mA max
TX 300 mA-1.7 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 54 × 1195 × 437 mm
(2.13 × 47.05 × 17.20 in)
? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 380 gr (13.4 oz) with PB-39 ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Headless

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alpha tags. Built-in 1200bd TNC. APRS. "Sky Command II" ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TH-D000007A GEMTRONICS-GTX-000023 ELAD-FDM-000077