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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF 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 ? 0.01 p.p.m. with optional GPS unit ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 5 kHz - 2000 MHz 40 kHz - 3150 MHz (cellular blocked for US consumer version) 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 4 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2 µV
1000-2400 MHz: 2.5 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 0.7 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 1 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 1.8 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.2 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-2400 MHz: 0.3 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 0.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1 µV
FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
5.5 kHz (-3 dB), 6.9 kHz (-80 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
14.2 kHz (-3 dB), 15.6 kHz (-80 dB)
W-FM (BW=200 Hz)
200 kHz (-3 dB), 250 kHz (-80 dB)
SSB (BW=3 kHz)
2.7 kHz (-3 dB), 3.1 kHz (-80 dB)
CW (BW=500 Hz)
380 Hz (-3 dB), 500 Hz (-80 dB)
FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? 200 / 500 Hz / 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 100 / 200 / 300 kHz + IF shift ability ?
Receiver system ? DSP Direct conversion (40 kHz - 25 MHz) Double conversion (25-200 / 420-3150 MHz) Triple conversion (200-420 MHz) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 295 / 1704.5 MHz
2nd: 45 / 294.5 MHz
3rd: 45 MHz
1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + N-type SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or Mains 10.7-16 V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX Max 30 W 2 A 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 2000 in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 44 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 1.73 × 19.69 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 45 channels/second 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS/DTMF
Auto-notch
NR and NB
USB and RS-232C ports
SD-card slot for digital recording and/or memory backup
45 MHz IF output
Spectrum scope
I/Q output option
Built-in voice-inversion descrambling
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000095S-1A AOR-AR-005001D ICOM-ID-000051A