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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 400-470 MHz / FM-radio
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
≤ 0.20 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 3.8 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 2 A max 400 mA max
TX 20 A max 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2014 and 201x in China
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
116 × 57 × 35 mm
(4.57 × 2.24 × 1.38 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options PC programmable
Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
Voice prompt
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 BAOFENG-BF-A000005