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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10 / 100 Hz / 1 kHz 1 kHz 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 2-7.999 MHz 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ? Analogue 12dB SINAD: 0.3 μV 0.22 μV typical
Digital: 5% BER: 0.3 μV
Selectivity ? ? TIA603:
VHF: 65 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 80 dB @ 25 kHz
UHF: 65 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 75 dB @ 25 kHz
TIA603C:
VHF: 50 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 80 dB @ 25 kHz
UHF: 50 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 75 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters 6 / 3 / 1 / 0.3 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 3 W internal, 13 W external

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-7.999 MHz 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   DMR  
RF-output ? SSB: 5/20 W, AM: 1.5/5 W VHF: 1/45 W, UHF: 1/40 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 24V DC 18V DC 13.8 V DC ± 20%
Current RX ? ? 810 mA, 2A max
TX - ? 14.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 197x and 198x in Great Britain Between 2013 and 201x
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.42 in)
? 51 × 175 × 206 mm
(2.01 × 6.89 × 8.11 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Built-in ATU ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000075 RACAL-TRA-000921 VERTEX-STANDARD-VXD-000720