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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 0.01-60 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB) CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
Filters ? ? Software controlled
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct conversion, low IF
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands)
Audio output ? ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 160-6m
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 2 W High: 25/10 W, Low: 5/1 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8V DC ± 10%
Current RX 68 mA Max 900 mA 1.5A
TX Max 600 mA 1.5-8 A 25A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 1986 and 198x in Japan Between 2007 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Accessories ? ? ?
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