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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / 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  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 kHz 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-12 MHz 0.01-3000 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N, BW: 6 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.5 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.56 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.36 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 15 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.28 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.32 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.22 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 220 kHz)
90-150 MHz: 1.12 µV
400-700 MHz: 1.25 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.9 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N, BW: 3 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.25 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.23 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.14 µV
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 & 220 kHz (500 Hz optional) ?
Filters 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 622 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.7 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-12 MHz - -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 30/100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + Built-in telescopic SO-239 + N-type SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24/12V DC, 110/220V AC 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1 A 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1988 in East Germany Between 199x and 2008 in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 217 × 100 × 260 mm
(8.54 × 3.94 × 10.24 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AFC and NB
Alpha tags
EEPROM storage
Five VFO's
Clock and sleep timer
10.7 MHz IF output
Discriminator output
RS232C
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? 4-way external antenna switch
Tape recording cable
CTCSS unit
25-1300 MHz discone antenna
12 V cable
Voice inverter unit
30 kHz to 2 GHz ultra wideband antenna
Collins 2.5 kHz mechanical SSB filter
Collins 6 kHz mechanical AM filter
Collins 500 Hz mechanical CW filter
RS232C cable, 25 pin
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MPN RFT-SEG-000100 AOR-AR-005000A AOR-AR-ALPHA-B