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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Compact PMR446 Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz 446 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV   FM  
Sensitivity ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
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Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 / 430-450 MHz 446 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV   FM  
RF-output Max 100 W (AM: 50 W) 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W 0.5-1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external 3.7V 1500mah Li-ion Battery
Current RX 1.9 A 200-450 mA ?
TX Max 20 A 2.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 19xx Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 313 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.32 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
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Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna 120 gr (4.2 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Private Mobile Radio, 446 MHz
Features Auto-AT option. D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
LED Flashlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000440S ICOM-ID-000051A BAOFENG-BF-T000001