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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C) 2.5 p.p.m. (10 °C to +60 °C)
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-0.4 / 1-30 MHz 0.15-1500 MHz 118-174 / 230-550 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity ? AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
AM (10 dB S/N)
118-136 MHz: 1 µV
230-260 MHz: 5.6 µV
260-375 MHz: 1.8 µV

FM/N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-144 MHz: 0.32 µV
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
146-174 MHz: 0.32 µV
230-260 MHz: 1.8 µV
260-400 MHz: 0.56 µV
400-430 MHz: 0.32 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
440-500 MHz: 0.32 µV
500-550 MHz: 0.56 µV

DV (BER 1%)
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
Wide: > 10 kHz/6 dB, < 30 kHz/60 dB
Narrow: > 6 kHz/6 dB, < 20 kHz/60 dB
DV: > 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 65dB 60 dB
Audio output ? 0.2W (8 ohm load) 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (EU)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
RF-output ? ? 50 / 15 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC SO-239
Impedance 500Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 230/115 VAC ? 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 1.2 A max
TX - - 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 199x and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 150 × 40 × 172 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 6.77 in)
Weight ? ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 computer interface Built-in GPS
Micro SD-card slot
D-Star repeater function
Speech synthesizer
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000002-40CS WINRADIO-WR-001500E ICOM-ID-004100A/E