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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 118-524 / 800-1300 MHz 0.1-2600 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
145/434 MHz: <0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
-6 dB: More than 11 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 30 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 720 kHz 1st: 45.05 MHz (Band A), 49.95 MHz (Band B)
2nd: 455 KHz (Band A), 450 KHz (Band B)
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Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD ? 1W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 50 / 10 / 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.5V 15 %
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 1.2 A max Max 0.7 A
TX - 13 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2007 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
140 × 43 × 142 mm
(5.51 × 1.69 × 5.59 in)
180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6, APRS. Twin RX Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 KENWOOD-TM-D000710E YAESU-VR-005000