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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 25 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 30-75.95 MHz in 2 bands 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.50 µV for S+N+D/N+D of 10 dB FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity 6 dB BW: 32 kHz minimum
60 dB BW: 100 kHz maximum
70 dB BW: 120 kHz maximum
FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output 4 mW across 1000 ohms ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 30-75.95 MHz in 2 bands 144-148 / 430-450 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK   -
RF-output 1.6-4.0 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W -

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) SMA -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12.5 + 2.5V DC (BA-4386/U, BA-398/U or BA-55984 or a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery cassette) 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX ? 200-450 mA 80 W
TX ? 2.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in Japan Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 273 × 100 × 273 mm
(10.75 × 3.94 × 10.75 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1840 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Range: 8 km (5 mi) depending on conditions 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
Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-AN/PRC-000770 ICOM-ID-000051A-PLUS2 EDDYSTONE-000730/8