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HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5ppm ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 440-470 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? <0.20 µV 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection Better than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 400mW 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 440-470 MHz -
Modulations AM   - -
RF-output Max 10 W 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Li-ion Battery 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX - 35 mA (standby) 170 mA
TX ? 1500 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 19xx in Japan Between 200x and 201x in China Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 320 × 150 × 220 mm
(12.60 × 5.91 × 8.66 in)
55.5 × 100 × 31 mm
(2.19 × 3.94 × 1.22 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 235 gr (8.3 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Repeater Shift
Voice scrambling
CTCSS / DCS
KENWOOD option ready
PC programmable via interface cable
Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MINIX-MTO-000020A LINTON-LT-003260-2 WHISTLER-WS001080