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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 15 kHz to 4 MHz in five bands (15-40 kHz / 100-250 kHz / 245-645 kHz / 0.635-1.65 MHz / 1.55-4 MHz) 0.495–999.990MHz MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity CW, Narrow filter (10 dB S/N)
15 kHz: 30 µV
40 kHz: 4 µV
100 kHz: 5 µV
250 kHz: 5 µV
645 kHz: 4 µV
1.65 MHz: 1 µV
4 MHz: 1 µV
FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
Selectivity Wide: 8 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-40 dB)
Intermediate: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-40 dB)
Narrow: 1 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-40 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne (Band 1, 2 and 3) Double conversion superheterodyne (Band 4 and 5) ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 85 kHz / 4.5 MHz
2nd: 85 kHz
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Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144–146 / 430–440MHz
Modulations - FM  
RF-output ? 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W

Connections

Antenna - SMA
Impedance 75-600Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 24 V DC (with ext. power unit) 5.5-11.5V DC
Current RX 65 W ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1964 in United Kingdom Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 454 × 286 × 464 mm
(17.87 × 11.26 × 18.27 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Accessories ? ?
MPN MARCONI-MERCURY ICOM-IC-E000080D