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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature ± 1.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM  
Sensitivity ? Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 kHz
Filters ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included ?
Receiver system ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
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Image rejection ? 74 dB typical 70 dB
Audio output ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM  
RF-output High: 2 W, Low: ? mW 1 - 10 W 1 / 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 9.5-14 V DC 9-16 V DC
Current RX ? 550 mA 600 mA
TX ? 3 A max 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions ? 165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
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Weight ? 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 72 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TR-002400 TEN-TEC-000539 RAYMARINE-RAY000063