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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) 450-512 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   SSB   FM   AM   FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) - -
Modulations AM   FM   SSB   - -
RF-output AM: 7 W, FM/SSB: 25 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16V DC 6 V DC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 3-5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in China
Dimensions 154 × 52 × 248 mm
(6.06 × 2.05 × 9.76 in)
? 65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) ? 240 gr (8.5 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Repeater offset (Shift) ? CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000010 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000005A RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801