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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±0.3 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2-29.999 MHz 0.250-30 MHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity SSB/CW Narrow: 1.7µV @ 20 dB
AM: 7.5 µV @ 20 dB
0.12 µV, –125 dBm for 10 dB SINAD 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? >70 dB at –1 kHz and +4 kHz ref SCF USB FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters CW wide: 2900 Hz, CW narrow: 400 Hz 2.4 kHz standard (500 Hz, 2.7 kHz optional) ?
Receiver system ? SDR Processing Architecture: DSP, 456 MHz, 32-bit FPGA, 500,000 gate MCU, ARM9, 300 MHz 32-bit Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? >70 dB ?
Audio output ? Less than 3 dB variation from 300 Hz to 3 kHz (with optional 2.7 kHz filter) 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 2-29.999 MHz 1.6-30 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output SSB/CW: 3/30 W, AM: 7.5 W 125 W PEP ±1 dB (two-tone or voice), user-programmable (low / medium / high) 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 20-28V DC 10.8 to 15 V DC (12 V Nominal) 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 175 mA 500 mA (backlight min, audio muted) 400-600 mA
TX 1.2 A 12.5 A max 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in UK Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 90 × 250 mm
(12.99 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
210 × 270 × 65 mm
(8.27 × 10.63 × 2.56 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) RF-unit + handset 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Portable Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Range: 40 km by day under normal conditions Up to 500 contact list entries
USB (via Handset or Console)
Serial RS232 (supports NMEA-0183 GPS)
Ethernet (TCP/IP, supports remote control)
Auxiliary GPIO (audio in/out, PTT, RS232) on Envoy™ X2 model
Ingress Protection: IP43, MIL-STD-810G method 510.5
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Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN CLANSMAN-PRC-000320 CODRADI013 ALINCO-DR-000735T