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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 10 ppm (0 to 60 C) ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range ? 9 kHz - 30 MHz 580-1340 kHz / 1.34-2.90 / 2.90-6.50 / 6.25-13.40 / 13.20-30.50 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   N-AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? Mode 0.1-0.5 MHz 0.5-2.0 MHz 2.0-30 MHz
AM* 2.0µV 0.5µV 0.4µV
LSB, USB 0.7µV 0.3µV 0.2µV
CW 0.3µV 0.2µV 0.1µV

(10dB S+N/N)
* 80% modulation
≤ 2 µV
Selectivity ? Continuously adjustable 100-15000 Hz 5 kHz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output 250 mW ? 3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply 12V DC Mains (110 / 220 V AC)
Current RX ? 500mA 65 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 200x and 200x Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
?
Weight 240 gr (8.5 oz) 467 gr (1.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801 WINRADIO-WR-G000033EM EDDYSTONE-000556