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Base Station VHF Receiver
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver
DIGITAL SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  1.25m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 30-330 MHz 0.250-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (excl. cellular)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM   DMR   P25  
Sensitivity ? 0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD FM (12 dB SINAD unless otherwise noted)
VHF Low: 0.2 µV
VHF Aircraft (AM): 0.4 µV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF Low 300-406: 0.8 µV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV
1240 -1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter) ?
Receiver system ? SDR Processing Architecture Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? >85 dB ?
Audio output External speaker or headphones Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD Built-in 36 mm 8 Ohms dynamic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   -
RF-output - 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational) DC 4.8-6 Volts (4 AA batteries) or 5 V DC USB
Current RX ? 120 mA 170 mA typical
TX - 12 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 2016 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
135 × 67 × 28 mm
(5.31 × 2.64 × 1.10 in)
Weight 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery 210 gr (7.4 oz) Without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second 1000000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
• Functional keypad and backlit LCD display
• USA/Canada Radio Reference database on SD Card
• Quick Location based Programming (City, Zip,
County)
• Detects and masks encrypted voice audio
• Decodes Radio ID/Talkgroup ID data
• Upgradeable CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware and
Database Library
• USB Interface 2.0 or earlier
• DMR/MotoTRBO™ Tier II
• Improved P25 Functionality (Phase II, X2-TDMA)
• PC Software to customize your settings
• Signal Strength Meter
• 200 Scanlists
• Weather Radio Function
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG CODAN-002110M WHISTLER-TRX-000001