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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-40 MHz ? 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-782 / 791-799 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W, external speaker required 250 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 105-130V AC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply 4×AA or USB 5 V DC
Current RX ? ? 120 mA typical
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 200x and 200x in China Between 2011 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight ? 240 gr (8.5 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801 GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000800