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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  33cm  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 11.2735 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output - 2 W 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.2-9 V DC (6 × R6/AA) or 9 V DC external 9.5 V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? 68 mA ?
TX - 620 mA max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 63 × 150 × 45 mm
(2.48 × 5.91 × 1.77 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 10 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000216 JIM-MX-000018S ICOM-IC-000705