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Mobile 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 ? ?
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-782 / 791-799 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (except cellular) 200 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   P25   AM   CW   SSB  
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)
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Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion (PLL) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 455 kHz
2nd: 4034 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 0.3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4×AA or USB 5 V DC Internal 9 V NiCad (trickle charged through 115 V DC)
Current RX 120 mA typical ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 201x in Japan Between 1969 and 1976 in USA
Dimensions 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
287 × 156 × 215 mm
(11.30 × 6.14 × 8.46 in)
Weight 210 gr (7.4 oz) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 70 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
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Accessories ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000800 HEATHKIT-GR-000078