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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Marine Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? Short term: 5 Hz, long term: 25 Hz (o°C - 40°C)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 51.7-29.9 / 87-108 MHz 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   FM   AM   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? MF: ≥ 16 dB / 1 µV
HF: ≥ 10 dB / 1 µV
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 300 Hz @ -6 dB / 2700 Hz @ -60 dB
AM: 2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.6085 / 16.6085 MHz
2nd: 600 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 4 W / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low 3: 3 W, Low 2: 1.5, Low 1: 0.5 W -

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep - Proprietary
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC batteries or 6V DC external 5.5-16V DC Mains, 12/24 V DC
Current RX ? 8-190 mA ?
TX - Max 1.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1993 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark
Dimensions 184 × 120 × 40 mm
(7.24 × 4.72 × 1.57 in)
55 × 146 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.75 × 1.30 in)
?
Weight 510 gr (1.1 lbs) 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-27 ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 41 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? LCD frequency readout
2182 kHz watchkeeping channel
10-digit keypad
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-YACHT-BOY-000080-(WR5408-PLL) YAESU-FT-000816 SAILOR-R001119