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

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29.7-36 MHz
36.42 MHz
42-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
0.01-3000 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S/N, BW: 6 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.5 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.56 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.36 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 15 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.28 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.32 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.22 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 220 kHz)
90-150 MHz: 1.12 µV
400-700 MHz: 1.25 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.9 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N, BW: 3 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.25 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.23 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.14 µV
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 & 220 kHz (500 Hz optional) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 622 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 1.7 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 29.7-36 MHz
36.42 MHz
42-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
- -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 40-60 W (VHF-low), 1-25 W (VHF-high / UHF) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + N-type SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-15.6 VDC 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1 A 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 20xx Between 199x and 2008 in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 179 × 59 × 250 mm
(7.05 × 2.32 × 9.84 in)
217 × 100 × 260 mm
(8.54 × 3.94 × 10.24 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 2.06 kg (4.5 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/PL and Select 5/5-tone selcall. VOX. DTMF. Voice encryption and trunking options. AFC and NB
Alpha tags
EEPROM storage
Five VFO's
Clock and sleep timer
10.7 MHz IF output
Discriminator output
RS232C
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? 4-way external antenna switch
Tape recording cable
CTCSS unit
25-1300 MHz discone antenna
12 V cable
Voice inverter unit
30 kHz to 2 GHz ultra wideband antenna
Collins 2.5 kHz mechanical SSB filter
Collins 6 kHz mechanical AM filter
Collins 500 Hz mechanical CW filter
RS232C cable, 25 pin
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MPN MOTOROLA-GM-000360 AOR-AR-005000A AOR-AR-ALPHA-B