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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF/UHF Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ±0.1 p.p.m. 14 ~ 122 °F (-10 ~ 50 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps 1, 10, 50, 100, 500 Hz, 1, 5, 6.25, 9, 10, 12.5, 20, 25, 30, 50, 100, 500 kHz ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 3300 MHz 108-950 MHz 2-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB   USB  
Sensitivity 10 - 40 kHz
CW: 22.3µV
40 - 100 kHz
CW: 1.5µV
AM: 4.5µV
100 kHz - 2 MHz
AM: 2.5µV
2 - 40 MHz
CW: 0.7µV
SSB: 0.7µV
AM: 1.5µV
FM: 0.9µV
40 MHz - 1 GHz
CW: 0.40µV
SSB: 0.40µV
AM: 0.89µV
FM: 0.50µV
W-FM: 1.50µV
1 - 2.5 GHz
CW: 0.40µV
SSB: 0.40µV
AM: 0.89µV
FM: 0.40µV
W-FM: 1.50µV
2.5 - 3.3 GHz
CW: 0.35µV
SSB: 0.35µV
AM: 0.90µV
FM: 0.50µV
W-FM: 1.50µV

CW/SSB/AM: 10dB S/N
FM/W-FM: 12dB SINAD
? SSB/CW Narrow: 1.7µV @ 20 dB
AM: 7.5 µV @ 20 dB
Selectivity 0.5 kHz: 0.5 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 2 kHz (-60dB)
3 kHz: 3 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 6 kHz (-60dB)
9 kHz: 9 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 30 kHz (-60dB)
15 kHz: 15 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 40 kHz (-60dB)
30 kHz: 30 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 70 kHz (-60dB)
110 kHz: 110 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 450 kHz (-60dB)
220 kHz: 220 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 600 kHz (-60dB)
300 kHz: 300 kHz or better (-6dB), at least 900 kHz (-60dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? CW wide: 2900 Hz, CW narrow: 400 Hz
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 754 / 265 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 w (at 8 ohms, THD < 10%) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 2-29.999 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB   USB  
RF-output ? High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.5/0.5 W SSB/CW: 3/30 W, AM: 7.5 W

Connections

Antenna N-type BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC 4.5-16 V DC 20-28V DC
Current RX 2 A max 40-210 mA 175 mA
TX - Max 1.6 A 1.2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 198x and 19xx in UK
Dimensions 157 × 58 × 270 mm
(6.18 × 2.28 × 10.63 in)
57 × 137 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 5.39 × 1.30 in)
330 × 90 × 250 mm
(12.99 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 450 gr (15.9 oz) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features 10 VFOs.
2 RS232 ports + control head port.
Ultra-stable reference frequency oscillator (0.1 p.p.m.).
Twin RX
Crossband repeat
Range: 40 km by day under normal conditions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-ONE ICOM-IC-W000032A CLANSMAN-PRC-000320