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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C) +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps) FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz ?
Receiver system 16 tubes DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver 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 ? 100 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? 500 mA 400-600 mA
TX - - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 2010 and 20xx Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight ? ? 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN COLLINS-R-000381 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR' ALINCO-DR-000735T