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

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 78-88 / 144-174 / 400-420 MHz 0.1-30 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? 6 / 3 / 1 / 0.3 kHz ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output ? ? 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains or 24V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 480 × 149 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.42 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight ? 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 214 gr (7.6 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Flashlight
ANI (Caller ID)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COMMANDER-MICRO-COMPU-000170 JRC-NRD-000075 WOUXUN-KG-000816