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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 40m  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  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations SSB   FM   N-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S/N) ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 65/60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz -
Modulations SSB   FM   N-FM   -
RF-output 10 W (PEP) 1 / 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 15-18V DC or mains 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 380 mA max, ≤ 75 mA in standby 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? 1.4 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx in Korea Between 2011 and 201x in China Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 210 × 100 × 240 mm
(8.27 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
110 × 58 × 32 mm
(4.33 × 2.28 × 1.26 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 12.30 kg (27.1 lbs) 214 gr (7.6 oz) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
VOX
PC programmable
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000012V BAOFENG-UV-000005R AOR-AR-ALPHA-B