TM9400 Specifications Manual General Specifications 35
© Tait Limited November 2016
Current Consumption
Current consumption was tested using radios in conventional mode with
current radio hardware. All measurements were made in the middle
frequencies of each band. Battery voltage was 13.8V, and radios
transmitted into a 50Ω load.
Radio Body When Off or Receiving
Radio Body When Transmitting
Radio off (no links fitted) 3mA
Radio off (links LK1, LK2, LK3 fitted)
(using ignition control to switch radio on and off)
4mA
Radio on stand-by (links LK1, LK2, LK3 fitted)
(using ON/OFF key on control head to switch radio on and off)
60mA
Receiver idle (not scanning) 120mA
Receiver active, mute on 120mA
Receiver active, 3W audio into 16Ω 680mA
Receiver active, 10W audio into 4Ω 2A
B1 G1 H5/H7 K5
25W 50W 25W 25W 40W 30/35W
Power output
High
Medium
Low
Very low
4.7A
3.2A
2.3A
1.5A
8A
5.5A
4.5A
3.6A
4.0A
2.7A
1.9A
1.1A
5.5A
3.2A
2.2A
1.7A
7.2A
4.8A
4.1A
3.3A
8.8A
6.6A
4.2A
2A