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Desktop VHF Weather radio
Floating Marine Transceiver | GPS
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? None  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 p.p.m. 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 162.400-162.550 MHz (fixed channels) 156.050 - 163.275 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity 0.3µV (12dB SINAD) 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity 25kHz 12 / 25 kHz (-6 / -60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.25 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 700 mW @ 16 ohm for 10% THD 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 156.025 - 157.425 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 6 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) + Built-in telescopic - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC or 6×AA 12 V DC - 1150mAh Lithium-Ion 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 200 mA 330 mA 1.7 A
TX - 1.6 A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2013 and 201x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 152 × 181 × 40 mm
(5.98 × 7.13 × 1.57 in)
62 × 142 × 45 mm
(2.44 × 5.59 × 1.77 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 395 gr (13.9 oz) 335 gr (11.8 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 7 channels in 1 bank(s) 48 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Submersible JIS-7 / IPX7
DSC Distress, All Ships, Group and Position Polling
One hand operation
Rubber armor on case for sure grip and durability
SOS Strobe light
Programmable channel names
12-channel GPS receiver
Large LCD (132 × 64 dots)
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-HAZARD-ALERT STANDARD-HX000851 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M