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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability Better than ± 0.002% 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ?
Tuning steps 10 kHz 10 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144.000-148.995 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity < 1 µV input for 30 dB S/N SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
Selectivity 8 kHz @ -6 dB
16 kHz @ -70 dB
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 Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 10% THD 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion 2.6 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144.000-145.995 MHz (European version)
144.000-148.995 MHz (US version)
10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   -
RF-output High: 15 W, Low: 2 W 20-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14 V DC 12V DC
Current RX 400-550 mA 1.5 A ?
TX 1.25-2.5 A 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 2003 and 200x
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 4 channels/second None 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KDK-FM-002016AE TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008