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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 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 0.05-30 MHz depending on coil pack 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Requires external output transformer of 7,000 ohms impedance and external speaker. 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Li-Ion
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1934 and 1943 in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? ?
Weight ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-SR AOR-AR-DV000010