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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Tri-band Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.538-34 MHz (1.580-1.720 gap) 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz with optional VC-10) 87.5-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N): 0.15-2 MHz <20 µV, 2-30 MHz <4 µV
FM (20 dB S+N/N): 2-30 MHz <1 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N): 0.15-2 MHz <2 µV, 2-30 MHz <0.4 µV
Analog (12 dB SINAD)
≤ 0.25 µV (Wide Band)
≤ 0.35 µV (Narrow Band)
Digital
0.3 µV / -117.4 dBm (BER 5%), 0.7uV/-110dBm (BER 1%)
Selectivity ? AM-Wide: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
AM-Narrow: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-50 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-50 dB)
CW-Narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB) with optional YG-455C CW filter
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45.9 MHz
2nd: 9.9 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? >70 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 222-225 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 W (UHF: 45 W)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239
Impedance ? 50/500 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (13.8V DC option (DCK-1)) 13.8 V DC ±20%
Current RX ? Max 800 mA @ 13.8 VDC ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1971 Between 1982 and 1992 in Japan Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 476 × 203 × 248 mm
(18.74 × 7.99 × 9.76 in)
378 × 115 × 210 mm
(14.88 × 4.53 × 8.27 in)
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Weight 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 4000 channels in 250 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Four-step attenuator: 0-10-20-30 dB. Dual clocks with timer. Slow/Fast AGC selector. Tone control. All mode squelch circuit. Scanning. 1.77" color LCD. CTCSS/PL and DCS. DTMF. 2-tone/5-tone selcall.
SMS via keyboard. APRS (DMR & FM). Roaming. GPS and Bluetooth.
VFO. VOX. Backlit buttons. Micro-USB. Twin RX (V/U, V/V, U/U).
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000122 KENWOOD-R-002000 ANYTONE-AT-D000578UV III