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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.0 ppm ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   FM   SSB   GMSK   -
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
10 μV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
2 μV (1.8 - 30 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5 μV (28 - 30 MHz)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1 μV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
0.25 μV (1.8 - 30 MHz)
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Selectivity ? AM/FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2 W (8 ohm, 10%), 4 W (4 ohm, 10%) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   SSB   GMSK   -
RF-output - SSB/CW: 10/100 W, AM: 4/40 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC ±15% ?
Current RX ? 1.2 A ?
TX - 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1985 Between 2004 and 20xx Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 304 × 180 × 70 mm
(11.97 × 7.09 × 2.76 in)
178 × 58 × 228 mm
(7.01 × 2.28 × 8.98 in)
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Weight 2.15 kg (4.7 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 35 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000300 ALINCO-DX-000801 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000600R