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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25kHz kHz 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-824.8 / 849-869.8 / 896-960.8 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-80 m 140-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.830 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 100 W (80 W on 10m) High: 5 W, Low 3: 3 W, Low 2: 1.5, Low 1: 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external ? 5.5-16V DC
Current RX ? ? 8-190 mA
TX - ? Max 1.6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 1993 and 199x
Dimensions ? 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
55 × 146 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.75 × 1.30 in)
Weight ? 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-27
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 41 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. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000300 HEATHKIT-HW-005400 YAESU-FT-000416