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Desktop Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Fixed channels ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range VHF-LO 30-50 MHz
VHF-HI 148-174 MHz
0.1-30 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   FM   N-FM   AFSK   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 1 µV (20 dB quieting) <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz FM/NFM: ≥ -15 dBμ (at 12 dB SINAD)
DV: ≥ -11 dBμ (at BER 1%)
Selectivity 18 kHz (-6 dB)
34 kHz (-50 dB)
34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? >60 dB typical ?
Audio output Internal speaker 1 watt 4 Ohm 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   AFSK   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? - 0.1 - 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic + KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585) SO-239 + Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50-75Ω 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8 V DC or mains 5.5-7.4 V DC battery or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 1.5 A 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 198x in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 83 × 254 mm
(10.75 × 3.27 × 10.00 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 10 channels/second 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) 1302 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IP1X waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN 20-121 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 ICOM-ID-000031A-PLUS