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Handheld Shortwave receiver
Base Station HF Transceiver
Communications receiver

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)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in four bands 10-160 m + WARC 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 20-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - RS-232C -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 12-14 V DC 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A 750 mA
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
? Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072 TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 AOR-AR-DV000001