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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-30 MHz in 9 bands 144-146 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity < 3 µV (15 dB S/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity Continuously variable between 1.3-6 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion below 1.5 MHz / Double conversion above 1.5 MHz XTAL Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. 1st: 1.25-1.45 MHz
2nd: 100 kHz
? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 0.3-1.5 MHz: >50 dB / 1.5-10 MHz: >70 dB / 10-30 MHz: >50 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX 85 VA max ? 120 mA typical
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1973 in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000830/7 FDK-MULTI-000007 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018