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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Dual-band analog mobile transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature ± 2.5 p.p.m. ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz 2.5 / 5.0 / 6.25 / 10.0 / 12.5 / 25.0 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
65-108 / 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
0.28 / 0.33 / 0.35 μV ≤ 0.25 μV (wide band)
≤ 0.35 μV (narrow band)
Selectivity ? 75 / 70 / 65 dB ?
Filters 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system DSP (Digital Signal Processing) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
? ?
Image rejection 74 dB typical ? ?
Audio output 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD 5W (less than 5% distortion) 3W (less than 3% distortion) 2 W @ 10%

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 1 - 10 W 5 / 25 W VHF: 10 / 25 W, UHF: 7 / 20 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5-14 V DC 13.6V DC ±15% 13.6 V DC ±20%
Current RX 550 mA 2 A max ?
TX 3 A max 8 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 20xx Between 201x and 201x in China Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
152 × 43 × 125 mm
(5.98 × 1.69 × 4.92 in)
98 × 35 × 118 mm
(3.86 × 1.38 × 4.65 in)
Weight 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 408 gr (14.4 oz)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Short message Multi-color LCD Display
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-000539 HYTERA-TM-000610 BAOFENG-UV-000025X2