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Mobile VHF 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  2000m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 20 / 100 / 0.5 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 100 kHz - 29.9999 MHz 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity 100 kHz to 2 MHz
AM 2 µV
SSB .5 µV

2 MHz to 30 MHz
AM 1 µV
SSB .5 µV max

10db(S+N/N)
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity 45 MHz 8 kHz BW
455 Khz (AM) 6 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
?
Filters 6 kHz AM and 2.4 kHz SSB ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 2 watts into 8 ohm 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC / 10 AA cells 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 350-600 mA ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 20xx Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 210 × 65 × 195 mm
(8.27 × 2.56 × 7.68 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 6-digit LCD display
Analog S-Meter
455kHz IF output
CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ?
MPN PALSTAR-RC000030 ZUN-BCD996P2