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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 300 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/30/40 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-136.9875 MHz: 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
38 0 -512 MHz: 0.7 µV
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
? 8 kHz @ -6 dB / 17 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 240 mW, 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/30/40 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 9 V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
145 × 63 × 39 mm
(5.71 × 2.48 × 1.54 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) 220 gr (7.8 oz) without antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 80 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
Backlit LCD
PC programmable
SAME weather alerts
Skywarn Storm Spotter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000003 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T WHISTLER-WS001010