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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz VHF: 5 kHz
UHF: 12.5 kHz
Airband: 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15 kHz - 30 MHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-824 / 849-869 / 894-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) 29-54 MHz: 0.33-0.51 µV
118-136 MHz: 0.67-0.7 µV
136-174 MHz: 0.5-0.58 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.35-0.43 µV
806-956 MHz: 1.25-2.7 µV
(For 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
1st: 10.85 MHz
2nd: ? kHz
Image rejection ? ? 29 MHz: 40 dB / 145 MHz: 20 dB
Audio output ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV   -
RF-output ? 5 .. 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50-70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX 60 W 400-600 mA ?
TX - 12 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2016 and 201x in Japan Between 198x and 199x
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
160 × 41 × 189 mm
(6.30 × 1.61 × 7.44 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 105 channels in 5 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? EJ-47U DV option ?
MPN RACAL-RA-003791 ALINCO-DR-000735E UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000950XLT