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Desktop Shortwave receiver
DMR Dual-Band Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Standard TCXO: below 30 MHz +/- 20 Hz, above 30 MHz +/- 0.5ppm ± 1 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 12.5 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2MHz - 3.0 GHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FM   FSK   DMR   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity SSB, 10 db S/N: 3 kHz@-117dBm
AM (50% mod), 10 db S/N: 6.0 kHz@-108dBm
FM-N @ 6 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 15 kHz@-107dBm
FM-W @ 10-20 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 30-50 kHz@-102dBm
FM-W @ 75kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 200 kHz@-96dBm
Analog
0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)

Digital
0.25 µV (BER 5%)
0.22 µV / -110dBm (BER 1%)
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity Selection is mode independent. Approx. 50 filter bandwidths with 8-10 chosen appropriately for each of the 5 modes. Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. (6 to 60 dB).

Examples, useful for: CW-100,150,200,250,300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 Hz SSB-1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.4 kHz AM- 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.6, 10.4, 12.0, 13.6, 15.2,16kHz WFM-100,120,140,150,160,180, 200, 250, 300 kHz
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Filters ? 12.5 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB typical 2-3000 MHz 84 dB ?
Audio output Line + Headphones ≤ 1000 mW @ 16Ω 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz -
Modulations - FM   FSK   DMR   -
RF-output ? 1 / 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 90-264 VAC, 48-440 Hz; optional 11-28V DC power supply 7.4 V DC, 2000 mAh Li-ion 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 36W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2009 and in USA Between 2018 and 20xx Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 190 × 89 × 432 mm
(7.48 × 3.50 × 17.01 in)
131 × 61 × 36 mm
(5.16 × 2.40 × 1.42 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs) 258 gr (9.1 oz) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 3000 channels in 32 bank(s) 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IP67 dust/waterproof
Optional GPS
Color LCD
8 hours audio recording
CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000400 TYT-UV-000390 ZUN-BCD996P2