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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile HF transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ±0.3 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 24-32 MHz 0.250-30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   SSB  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
? SSB: -125 dBm (0.12 µV)
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz ? >65 dB at -1 kHz at -1 kHz +4 kHz SCF (USB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz, 2.4 kHz, 2.75 kHz, 3 kHz (software defined)
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR Processing Architecture
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB ? >90 dB
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? 4.0 W into 4 Ω (external H-250 interface) 0.5 W into 8 Ω (handset)

Transmitter

TX-range - 24-32 MHz 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   SSB  
RF-output ? 150 W 150 W PEP — user programmable Hi, Med, Lo

Connections

Antenna BNC - N-type
Impedance 50 / 450Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells ? 10 V to 35 V DC
Current RX ? ? 650 mA
TX - ? 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
? 220 × 66 × 190 mm
(8.66 × 2.60 × 7.48 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) RF-unit + handset
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? Up to 500 contact list entries
IP67 / MIL-STD-810G
GPS
Data + voice encryption
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 RANGER-RCI-002995DX CODAN-SENTRY-H