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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  6m  2m  70cm  33cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-824 / 851-869 / 896-956 MHz (USA) 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.79 MHz: 0.5 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV
AM (6 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (15 kHz BW, 12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV
? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW)
2.4 kHz (-3 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (500 Hz BW)
500 Hz (-3 dB), 700 Hz (-60 dB)
AM (6 kHz BW)
6 kHz (-3 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (15 kHz BW)
12
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.85 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection Better than 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - -
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 85-265 VAC 13.8V DC or mains 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX Max 210 VA 460 mA 750 mA
TX Max 800 VA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 199x and 199x in USA Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
179 × 49 × 187 mm
(7.05 × 1.93 × 7.36 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 4×32 bit DSP's. Built-in RTTY/PSK31 encoder/decoder. Built-in auto-AT. 7" color TFT with VGA output. Twin RX Spectrum scope. Digital voice recorder RS-232C. Built-in voice synthesizer Compact Flash card for storing personal settings. ? Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007800 RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-002046 AOR-AR-DV000001