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Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ? ≤ 1 kHz per °C temperature change after 15 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 10 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz 150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   AM   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
Better than 10 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
? 20 kHz @ -6 dB / 50 kHz @ -20 dB
Filters Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
? 1st: 50 MHz
2nd: 5.2 MHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion 2.6 W 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   - -
RF-output 20-100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other RS-232C - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14 V DC 12V DC Mains (100; 200; 230 V)
Current RX 1.5 A ? 90 VA
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 1964 and 1969 in Great Britain
Dimensions 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008 EDDYSTONE-000770U-/-MKII