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

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C ?
Tuning steps 12.5 kHz 1 Hz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 58-88 / 144-174 / 400-470 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity VHF: 0.5 µV
UHF: 0.4 µV
SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
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Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 90 dB!
Audio output Internal speaker / 3.5 mm jack out More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load External speaker required

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) 10 W

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? 2.7 A max ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1978 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 265 × 70 × 265 mm
(10.43 × 2.76 × 10.43 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 10 channels/second 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Tape out DSP, Twin RX True frequency counter
Nitron-CPU
Accessories - ? ?
MPN COMMANDER-000328 ICOM-IC-000756 STONER-PRO-000040