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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
APCO-25 Decoder

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  33cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 1 ppm n/a
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz 0.135-30 MHz n/a
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM
0.15-1.8 MHz: 10 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM 28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB 0.15-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
CW 1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
n/a
Selectivity ? AM Narrow 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/FM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
n/a
Filters ? ? n/a
Receiver system Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne SDR
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker More than 2.0 W into 8 ohm 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
5.3 MHz (USA only)
n/a
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output - SSB/CW: 1/10/100 W, AM: 0.4/4/40 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 7.2-9 V DC (6 × R6/AA) or 9 V DC external 11.7 - 15.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? 1 A max ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2009 and 201x Between 2002 and 20xx
Dimensions 63 × 150 × 45 mm
(2.48 × 5.91 × 1.77 in)
240 × 100 × 293 mm
(9.45 × 3.94 × 11.54 in)
?
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 10 bank(s) 600 channels in 3 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000216 ALINCO-DX-SR000008 AOR-ARD005000