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

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 25 MHz - 3 GHz 540-1600 kHz / 3-10 MHz 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 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)
20 mV (10 dB S/N) 0.16µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
8 kHz (-6 dB) 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) ? 500mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max

Connections

Antenna BNC Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 - 16V DC Mains (105-125 V AC) 7.4V DC
Current RX 500 mA 40 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 1961 and 196x in USA Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions 203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
292 × 165 × 190 mm
(11.50 × 6.50 × 7.48 in)
59 × 119 × 37 mm
(2.32 × 4.69 × 1.46 in)
Weight 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 246 gr (8.7 oz)
Form factor Headless Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 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 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 AOR-SR-002200 HEATHKIT-EK-000002B WOUXUN-KG-UV000002D