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Portable HF/VHF Receiver (prototype)
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  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  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 / 65-108 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 0.5-600 / 805-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
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
Selectivity ? SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
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Filters ? 15, 6 and 3 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
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Image rejection ? More than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load 100 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output ? 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains, 85-265 VAC 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external
Current RX ? Max 210 VA 80-100 mA
TX - Max 800 VA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions ? 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries
Form factor Portable Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000900 ICOM-IC-007700 FAIR-MATE-HP-000200E