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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-824.8 / 849-869.8 / 896-960.8 / 1240-1300 MHz 118-174 / 430-440 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 2.5-5 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 W, El: 20 mW HF: 100 W (AM: 40 W), 6 m: 50 W (AM: 20 W)

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 7.2-16V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 55 mA Max 2.5 A
TX - Max 1.4 A Max 20.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1992 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 495 × 1158 × 378 mm
(19.49 × 45.59 × 14.88 in)
270 × 96 × 328 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.91 in)
Weight ? 330 gr (11.6 oz) with PB-13, antenna, handstrap and belt hook 6.90 kg (15.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum sweeper. Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I, II and hybrid analog, EDACS wide and LTR. Weather alert/SAME/FIPS/Skywarn. Alpha tags. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000300 KENWOOD-TH-000028E KENWOOD-TS-000690S