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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.04-100 kHz 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.153-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.01-60 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ?
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6m 420-450 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 5 W max

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4 x LR6/AA 13.8V DC ± 10% 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 1.5A 200-450 mA
TX - 30A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 215 × 133 × 38 mm
(8.46 × 5.24 × 1.50 in)
449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 850 gr (1.9 lbs) without batteries 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Handheld Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories 307 channels in 1 bank(s) 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RDS
9 / 10 kHz switch
SDR (Software Defined Radio) D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SANGEAN-ATS-000909 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C ICOM-ID-000031A