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

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability 10ppm over operating temp range ? ± 5 ppm (380 Hz maximum)
Tuning steps 10 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 50.500–51.990 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz 30-75.975 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   FM  
Sensitivity <0.25mV for 12dB SINAD AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Less than 0.5 uV r.m.s. e.m.f. for 6 dB
S/N at 1000 Hz modulation frequency and
N full deviation.
Selectivity ? ? 300 Hz: -3 dB
1000 Hz: 0 dB
3000 Hz: -3 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 90 dB ? > 100 dB
Audio output 2W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50.500–51.990 MHz - 30-75.975 MHz
Modulations FM   - FM  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? 0.1 / 1 / 15 / 50 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 21.5-34V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? 1.5-2.2 A 3 A
TX 4 A max - 10 A max @ 24V DC

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 20xx in Great Britain Between 2006 and 200x Between 197x and 19xx in England
Dimensions 185 × 60 × 200 mm
(7.28 × 2.36 × 7.87 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
242 × 217 × 259 mm
(9.53 × 8.54 × 10.20 in)
Weight 825 gr (1.8 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 120 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second 1840 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS programmable on repeater channels
REPEATER SHIFT (500kHz)
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AKD-006001 AOR-AR-ALPHA CLANSMAN-VRC-000353