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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 5 tubes Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + NMO SMA
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola) -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 13.8V DC Li-Ion
Current RX ? 700 mA max ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 1988 and 200x Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
?
Weight ? 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038C UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT AOR-AR-DV000010