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HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Communications receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ± 5 p.p.m. ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 110-180 / 300-500 / 800-950 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
VHF ≤ 0.158 µV
UHF ≤ 0.18 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
12 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 15.25 (VHF) / 44.775 (UHF) MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 0.3 W 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   FM   -
RF-output 1-20 W 5 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 5.5-16 V DC 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX ? 16-190 mA 750 mA
TX Max 6 A 1.6 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1992 and 199x Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
55 × 134 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.28 × 1.30 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 530 gr (1.2 lbs) with FNB-27 and antenna 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 82 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Twin RX Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) YAESU-FT-000530 AOR-AR-DV000001