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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.545-2 / 2-7.5 / 7.5-30.5 MHz 10-80 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - - -
RF-output - 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? 500 mA, TX: Max 9 A 500 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1945 and 1946 in USA Between 1976 and 197x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 290 × 187 × 182 mm
(11.42 × 7.36 × 7.17 in)
342.9 × 114.3 × 330.2 mm
(13.50 × 4.50 × 13.00 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories - ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000041W-SKYRIDER-JR. TEN-TEC-TRITON-I UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T