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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. 5 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.9-149 MHz (USA)
400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ? FM / N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? FM: 55 dB
N-FM / DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.9-149 MHz (USA)
430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? High: 2.5 W, Low: 0.3 W 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 8.4V DC +/- 25% 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX - 400-800 mA 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
66 × 168 × 40 mm
(2.60 × 6.61 × 1.57 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 540 gr (1.2 lbs) with batteries 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 KENWOOD-TR-002500 ICOM-ID-000031E-PLUS