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Base Station HF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Communications receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 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 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps 10 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.531-1320 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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
? ?
Filters Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

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 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other RS-232C - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14 V DC ?V DC 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A ? 750 mA
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
60 × 120 × 32 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech descrambler
Clock / alarm / on-off timer
Green/orange LCD backlight
Data cloning
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-OMNI-V-000562 YUPITERU-MVT-007300 AOR-AR-DV000001