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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 0.002% ?
Tuning steps Continuous 10 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 30 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 144.000-148.995 MHz 25-550 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? < 1 µV input for 30 dB S/N 25-550 MHz: FM 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD), AM 0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
800-1300MHz: FM 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 8 kHz @ -6 dB
16 kHz @ -70 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144.000-145.995 MHz (European version)
144.000-148.995 MHz (US version)
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Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 15 W, Low: 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? 400-550 mA ?
TX - 1.25-2.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between USA and USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1989 and 19xx
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
160 × 45 × 155 mm
(6.30 × 1.77 × 6.10 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 4 channels/second 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000391 KDK-FM-002016AE YUPITERU-MVT-006000