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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 80-10m 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -60 dB
?
Filters ? 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10m -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W (80-15m), 80 W (10m) ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14.4V DC ? 7.2V DC internal or 6-16V DC external
Current RX ? ? 15-300 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1970 and 1975 Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
Weight 790 gr (1.7 lbs) ? 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

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.
100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000600 HEATHKIT-SB-000102 ICOM-IC-R000001