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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 PPB

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 0.009-31 / 60-260 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters - ? Tracking RF filters
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne Digital Down Converter, software defined
IF-freqs. AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
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)
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz -
Modulations - FM   All mode  
RF-output ? High: 25/10 W, Low: 5/1 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep - SMA
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 13.8V DC +/-15% 5 V DC (USB port)
Current RX ? Max 900 mA ?
TX - 1.5-8 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 1986 and 198x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in France
Dimensions 457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
?
Weight 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX 4 programmable GPIO's
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006800W STANDARD-C-006000S AIRSPY-HF+