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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Within ±10 x 10-6 (±0.5 x 10-6 with SO-2) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 0.05-30 MHz depending on coil pack
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? AM (S+N/N 10 dB)
Less than 31.6 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz),
Less than 2 µV (1.750 ~ 24.5 MHz),
Less than 1.3 µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 1.3 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
Less than 0.25 µV (28 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 0.25 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
SSB/CW (S+N/N 10 dB)
Less than 4 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz),
Less than 0.2 µV (1.705 ~ 24.5 MHz),
Less than 0.13 µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 0.13 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
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Selectivity ? AM
More than 4.0 kHz (-6dB),
Less than 20.0 kHz (-50 db)
FM
More than 12.0 kHz (-6 dB),
Less than 25.0 kHz (-50 db)
SSB/CW
More than 2.2 kHz (-6 dB),
Less than 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne FM: triple superheterodyne, other: double superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz(FM only)
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Image rejection ? Greater than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? ? Requires external output transformer of 7,000 ohms impedance and external speaker.

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM/FSK: 100 W; AM: 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14.4V DC 13.8V DC ±15% ?
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX - 20.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1934 and 1943 in USA
Dimensions 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
270 × 96 × 271 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.67 in)
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Weight 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking, tracks Motorola type I/IIIii analog/digital, EDACS and LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather alert / SAME / FIPS / Skywarn
PC-programmable.
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000600 KENWOOD-TS-000570DG NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-SR