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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-180 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
(RX 35-55 / 108-174 MHz with optional converter)
0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 70 dB (no reference) ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 60 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 7 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-15.8V DC 11-16V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 600 mA Max 2 A ?
TX Max 12 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 19xx Between 199x and 2005 Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 144 × 40 × 166 mm
(5.67 × 1.57 × 6.54 in)
334 × 134 × 330 mm
(13.15 × 5.28 × 12.99 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 81 channels in 1 bank(s) 440 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 40 channels/second 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS RS232C interface RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ADI-AR-000147E DRAKE-R000008A AOR-AR-003000AB