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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 25 MHz - 3 GHz 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
0.16µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters optional CW filter 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) 500mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output SSB: 500 W PEP, CW: 400 W (both input) ? VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max

Connections

Antenna - BNC SMA
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12 - 16V DC 7.4V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 1970 Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions ? 203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
59 × 119 × 37 mm
(2.32 × 4.69 × 1.46 in)
Weight ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 246 gr (8.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Nixie tube display
Noise blanker
Selectable AGC
High sensitivity Schmidt-trigger VOX
Frequency memory
RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Speech synthesizer
DCS/CTCSS/DTMF
Stopwatch
PC-programmable
CE-compliant
Built-in flashlight
Alpha tags
Roger beep
VOX
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SBE-SB-000036 AOR-SR-002200 WOUXUN-KG-UV000002D