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HF Receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0-32 MHz 66-90 / 136-174 / 390-512 MHz (Europe)
30-50 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz (USA)
29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations All mode   AM-sync   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? VHF Lo: 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
VHF Hi: 0.45 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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 ? 15 kHz (-6 dB), 36 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - Built-in sweep BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX Max 1 A Max 250 mA 170 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 1979 and 198x Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 238 × 77 × 191 mm
(9.37 × 3.03 × 7.52 in)
140 × 60 × 230 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 9.06 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 400 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 AOR-AR-007030+ REGENCY-TOUCH-M000100 WHISTLER-WS001080