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Desktop Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Dual-band DMR handheld

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.5 p.p.m. ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) SSB: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DMR: 0.22 µV (BER <5%)
Selectivity 34 built-in filters with various characteristics SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
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Filters ? Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion + DSP ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
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Image rejection Better than 60 dB 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB ?
Audio output ? 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output 100 W 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC ±15% 7.4 V DC Li-ion
Current RX Max 1 A 1.25 A 380 mA
TX Max 20 A 20 A 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in USA Between 2018 and 202x in China
Dimensions 130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
58 × 140 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.51 × 1.26 in)
Weight 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1024 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PC-controlled. IF-DSP. IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
CTCSS/PL and DCS
LED flashlight
DMR Tier I and II
256 contacts
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599) BAOFENG-DM-000009HX