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Desktop Shortwave receiver
DMR FM Transceiver
8 Band - 20 W SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Tuning steps ? 12.5 kHz 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 400-470 MHz 2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   DMR   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
-117 dBm (Ber 5%) for 12 dB SINAD 0.3 µV
Selectivity AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 9 MHz
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W Large built-in speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 400-470 MHz 3.5-4 / 5.3305-5.4035 / 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 / 18.068-18.168 / 21.0-21.45 / 24.89-24.99
Modulations - FM   DMR   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 4 W SSB: 0.3-20 W, CW: 0.3-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (13.8V DC option) 7.2 V DC (1700 mAh Li-ion) 12-12.6 V DC
Current RX ? 400 mA 320 mA max
TX - 800-1550 mA 2.7 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1996 Between 2014 and 20xx in USA Between 201x and 201x in Canada
Dimensions 286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
113 × 56 × 35 mm
(4.45 × 2.20 × 1.38 in)
180 × 58 × 200 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 275 gr (9.7 oz) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Kit

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT LCD display
DTMF keypad
ETSI Standard audio encryption
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R000071A CONNECT-SYSTEMS-INC-CS000700 YOUKITS-TJ000005A