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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 ppm
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 160-10 m 0.531-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 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
0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM)
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
Image rejection ? Better than 50 dB 60 dB
Audio output 100 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m 144-148 / 430-450 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? Max 100 W 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 13.8V DC or mains 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 80-100 mA 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off) 200 mA
TX - 15 A max. 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
61 × 115 × 30 mm
(2.40 × 4.53 × 1.18 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 296 gr (10.4 oz) incl. antenna
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002000 KENWOOD-TS-000520S ALINCO-DJ-G000007T