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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  70cm  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 0.54-31 MHz 430-440 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: Better than 0.11 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity 4.5 kHz SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - All mode   -
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type BNC
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11-16V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? Max 1 A 500 mA
TX - Max 7.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1960 in USA Between 1987 and 19xx Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 10 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 SP-200 speaker ? 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 HAMMARLUND-HQ-000160 KENWOOD-TR-000851E UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T