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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  1.25m  70cm  4m  6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 5 / 12.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 60-905 MHz 66-88 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM-N: 1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
AM-W: 1.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM-N: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM-W: 1 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double (FM-W) or triple (FM-N/AM/SSB) conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45.754 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output 1 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohm 210 mW 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW/FM: 1-10 W, AM: 1-4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15 V DC 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external 13.8V DC
Current RX ≤ 550 mA ? 4 A
TX - - 4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 80 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 357 gr (12.6 oz) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features TV tuner front end (!) Tracks Motorola Type I, Type II Hybrid, SMARTNET, PRIVACY PLUS and EDACS
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
PC programmable (RS-232)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FRG-000965 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000245XLT ICOM-IC-000732S