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Mobile CB Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Channelized Channelized 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   FM   - AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   - -
RF-output 4 W 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? ? 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 184 × 57 × 235 mm
(7.24 × 2.24 × 9.25 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 120 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Multi-color LCD display
10 NOAA Weather channels
Emergency Weather Alert
Radio Check Diagnostic
Frequency Display
Clock / Timer / Alarm
Day / Night Dimmer Control
SWR Calibration
Instant Channel 9 and 19
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIDLAND/ALAN-000018 COBRA-000029-LX AOR-AR-ALPHA-B