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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? FM: 5 / 10 kHz
SSB/CW: 1 / 5 kHz
1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.52-31 MHz 144-148 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: Better thatn 0.13 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single/double conversion superheterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz (SSB/CW)
2nd: 455 kHz (FM)
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Image rejection ? Better than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11-16 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1 A max 1.5-2.2 A
TX - 6 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Italy Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GELOSO-G000004/218 KENWOOD-TR-000751A AOR-AR-ALPHA-B