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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave 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)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps FM: 5 / 10 kHz
SSB/CW: 1 / 5 kHz
? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 1.5-18 MHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: Better thatn 0.13 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single/double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz (SSB/CW)
2nd: 455 kHz (FM)
? ?
Image rejection Better than 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC 12V DC (internal dynamotor) 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1 A max ? ?
TX 6 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 193x and 194x in by RCA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
460 × 240 × 182 mm
(18.11 × 9.45 × 7.17 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-000751A MILITARY-BC-000312-M AOR-AR-ALPHA-II