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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  ? 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 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 0.525-1.71 / 5.9-17.9 / 87.5-108 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 2 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 6V DC (4R6 / AA) 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 68 mA ? 500 mA
TX Max 600 mA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 200x and 200x Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
165 × 105 × 36 mm
(6.50 × 4.13 × 1.42 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 380 gr (13.4 oz) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 27 channels in 1 bank(s) 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital clock with alarm/timer RDS (Station name & Auto time set) 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 JIM-MX-000003.5S ROBERTS-R-009921 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T