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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Remote VFO

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 1 ppm -
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz ? -

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 0.135-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
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
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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)
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Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output 100 mW More than 2.0 W into 8 ohm 10% THD ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 11.7 - 15.8V DC ?
Current RX 80-100 mA 1 A max -
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 2009 and 201x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
240 × 100 × 293 mm
(9.45 × 3.94 × 11.54 in)
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Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second 600 channels in 3 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002000 ALINCO-DX-SR000008 DRAKE-RV-000004