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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 1.5-29.999 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 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 ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-29.999 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12/24V DC, mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 300 mA 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1954 and 1985 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Great Britain Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
? 58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390A/URR RACAL-MRR-000005WP ICOM-ID-000031E-PLUS