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Portable VHF Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 25 dB ?
Audio output 1 W 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz -
Modulations AM   -
RF-output 3 W PEP ±20% ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC
Impedance 60Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 18V DC (4 × 4.5 V batteries) 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 55 mA max ?
TX 125 mA max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in W. Germany Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 186 × 80 × 126 mm
(7.32 × 3.15 × 4.96 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) including batteries 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ?
MPN SEMCOSET-SEMCO WHISTLER-WS001040