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HF/VHF Receiver
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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 10 p.p.m. (-10 °C ~ +60 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 1000 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 136-174 MHz 0-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   FM   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? < 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 17.2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker 2.4 W @ 10% THD into 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 0-30 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low 3: 10 W, Low 2: 5 W, Low 1: 1 W 100W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 0.5 A ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1990 and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
140 × 40 × 105 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 4.13 in)
?
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 750 gr (1.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Clock PLL IC: PLL2001 ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 ICOM-IC-000229A YAESU-FT-000180A