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Desktop UHF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Ham Radio RF Preselector

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C change in ambient temperature Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 230-870 MHz in 2 ranges 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 1-50 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   All mode  
Sensitivity AM: < 5 µV
FM: < 4 µV
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. 36.5 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output 150 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 1-50 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   All mode  
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 13.8V DC 9-18 V DC
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX - 22 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2005 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 425 × 146 × 133 mm
(16.73 × 5.75 × 5.24 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
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Weight 8.16 kg (18.0 lbs) desktop model 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 503 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000990S ICOM-IC-007000 MFJ-001045B