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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 12 tubes ? conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1968 in Japan (By Trio) Between 1980 and 19xx Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight ? 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 LAFAYETTE-HA-000350 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000102-BX UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T