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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
5W Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.5-600 / 805-1300 MHz 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
≤ 0.20 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 100 mW 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 400-480 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep BNC SMA
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC (8 x R20/D batteries) or mains 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 3.7 V DC, 1200 mAh Li-ion Battery
Current RX ? 80-100 mA 100 mA max
TX - - 1 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in Japan Between 199x and 199x Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 452 × 335 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 13.19 × 8.19 in)
65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
122 × 60 × 38 mm
(4.80 × 2.36 × 1.50 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 232 gr (8.2 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second 129 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in cassette recorder ? PC Software Programmable
Manual Programming
Wire Copy
VOX Function
CTCSS/DCS
Monitor, Reverse Frequency
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000330K FAIR-MATE-HP-000200E YANTON-T-000288