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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? better than ±2 ppm
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) 26.965-27.405 MHz 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 2040 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
? 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB
Selectivity SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
? SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 4 W 5/20 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC 13.8 V DC 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC)
Current RX 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby ? 250 mA
TX - ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
? 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication
Features RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. - ?
Accessories ? - ?
MPN AOR-AR-008600 SBE-TAHOE-000040 RACAL-TRA-000931