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Desktop UHF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C change in ambient temperature Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 230-870 MHz in 2 ranges 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification)
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   SSB  
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
0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. 36.5 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB >70 dB
Audio output 150 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   SSB  
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 AM: 7 W, FM/SSB: 25 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 13.8V DC 12-16V DC
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX - 22 A max 3-5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2005 and 200x Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions 425 × 146 × 133 mm
(16.73 × 5.75 × 5.24 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
154 × 52 × 248 mm
(6.06 × 2.05 × 9.76 in)
Weight 8.16 kg (18.0 lbs) desktop model 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
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
Repeater offset (Shift)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000990S ICOM-IC-007000 RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000010