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Compact PMR446 Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 5-550 / 800-1300 MHz 446 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N FM 0.45µV @ 12 dB SINAD
W-FM 1.0µV @ 12 dB SINAD
AM 1.0µV @ 10 dB S/N
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz - 446 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - FM  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) ? 0.5-1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Proprietary
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 11-16V DC 3.7V 1500mah Li-ion Battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 40 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 1985 and 199x Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
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Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs) 120 gr (4.2 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 1984 channels in 62 bank(s) @ 36 channels/second 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Private Mobile Radio, 446 MHz
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ? LED Flashlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 AOR-AR-002500 BAOFENG-BF-T000001