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Handheld VHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 108-142 MHz ? 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   - AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (S/N 10dB) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 60 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? SSB: 2 kW PEP, CW: 1 kW (with 100 W drive) 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3×AA/LR6 or external 12V DC Mains (120/240 V AC) 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? 20A @ 120V, 10A @ 240V ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1970 and 197x in USA Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 58 × 127 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 5.00 × 1.42 in)
378 × 209 × 398 mm
(14.88 × 8.23 × 15.67 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 207 gr (7.3 oz) 21.70 kg (47.9 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN YUPITERU-VT-000125-II HEATHKIT-SB-000220 ICOM-IC-000705