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

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 ppm (0-50°C)
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-824.8 / 849-869.8 / 896-960.8 / 1240-1300 MHz 15 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 0.005-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
Selectivity ? ? 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? VXO. Max 2 XTALS Digital signal processing
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum
Audio output ? ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB)

Transmitter

TX-range - 15 m (50 KHz per XTAL) -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 9.5V DC 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts
Current RX ? 68 mA ?
TX - Max 600 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 2000 and 200x in USA
Dimensions ? 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
Weight ? 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum sweeper. Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I, II and hybrid analog, EDACS wide and LTR. Weather alert/SAME/FIPS/Skywarn. Alpha tags. ? PBT
DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000300 MIZUHO-MX-000021S TEN-TEC-RX-000340