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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
DSP Shortwave transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 1 p.p.m. standard (0.1 p.p.m. optional)
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.22 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 100 kHz 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-1.8 / 76-108 / 108-222 / 300-1000 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM Stereo   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
150-174 MHz: 0.25 µV
336-420 MHz: 0.25 µV
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV
800-900 MHz: 0.4 µV
900-1000 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-108 MHz: 2 µV
174-222 MHz: 1 µV
470-800 MHz: 5 µV
1 µV (16 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) -6 dB: 300-2700 Hz
-60 dB: 400-3400 Hz
Filters ? ? Additional bandwidths DSP selectable (300 / 600 / 1000 Hz)
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 × 7 Watts max ? 3W at less than 5% distortion into 4 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Asia) 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output ? High: 50/40 W, Medium: 20/20 W, Low: 5/5 W 25 / 100 W PEP

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Internal batteries or mains 11.7-15.8V DC 13.6 V DC (24 V DC optional)
Current RX ? 0.5 A ?
TX - 8.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1982 Between 2007 and 200x Between 2014 and 201x
Dimensions 530 × 290 × 120 mm
(20.87 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
112 × 38 × 178 mm
(4.41 × 1.50 × 7.01 in)
305 × 105 × 300 mm
(12.01 × 4.13 × 11.81 in)
Weight 7.40 kg (16.3 lbs) without batteries 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 500 channels in 1 bank(s) 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Analogue and digital frequency display
S-Meter
SSB / BFO
Alpha tags. Bluetooth. Clock/Calendar. WIRES-ready. Line in. PA. DTMF, CTCSS & DCS. 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX Remote control up to 100m
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-002400SL STANDARD-FTM-000010H EDDYSTONE-ORION-007000