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HF Antenna Tuner
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 3.5-30 MHz 1 kHz - 2 GHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations All mode   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters ?
Receiver system ? SDR Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5-30 MHz ? -
Modulations All mode   - -
RF-output 200 / 2000 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/1kΩ 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. No power required ? 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? 185-320 mA 170 mA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 2018 and 20xx in UK Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 368 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.49 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) 110 gr (3.9 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SA-002040 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO WHISTLER-WS001080