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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Military Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  ? 70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps Continuous 50 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40/80 m 108-151.95 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40/80 m 116-149.95 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output 100 W 20 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 28 V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX ? 3.3 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 150 × 330 mm
(12.99 × 5.91 × 12.99 in)
? 58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories None 680 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - ? 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
Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories - ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000004D MILITARY-AN/ARC-000073A ICOM-ID-000051A-PLUS2