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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability 1 p.p.m. per °C or better, accuracy ±50Hz @ 25 °C ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
FM / N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
N-FM / DV: 50 dB
Filters 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ≥ 80 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 4 ohms 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 0-100 W 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 2 A 200-450 mA
TX 20 A 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) ICOM-ID-000031E-PLUS