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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ± 0.2 PPM ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 144-146 MHz 26.965-27.405 / 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
? 1st: 380.7 MHz
2nd: 10.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 2.5 W, Low: 0.3 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains ?V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1984 and 19xx Between 199x and 199x in USA
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
? 180 × 50 × 204 mm
(7.09 × 1.97 × 8.03 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ? 1.03 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 150 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DCS. Trunking (800 Motorola I/II/III (1 trunking bank at a time)
5 list, 10 IDs, 50 per bank; 250 IDs total
ID delay
5 priority channels
9 service search bands
5 monitor memories
Direct search
Data skip
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000630 KENWOOD-TR-002600E 20-195