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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO ?
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-776 / 794-824 / 849-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity FM (20 dB S/N)
25-54 MHz: 0.3 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
216-300 MHz: 0.5 µV
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.5 µV
764-960 MHz: 0.7 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
AM (20 dB S/N)**
25-54 MHz: 1 µV
108-137 MHz: 1 µV
137-174 MHz: 1.5 µV
216-225 MHz: 1.5 µV
225-300 MHz: 2 µV
300-406 MHz: 3 µV
406-512 MHz: 2 µV
764-960 MHz: 2 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 3 µV
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Selectivity +/-8 kHz (-6 dB), +/-17 dB (-50 dB) ? ?
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
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Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 200 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains ?
Current RX 200 mA (squelched) ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
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Weight 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features CTCSS/DCS. Alpha tags. Weather alert/FIPS/SAME/Skywarn Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I/II, EDACS and LTR. Spectrum sweeper. PC-programmable. DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000400 YAESU-FTDX005000MP GEMTRONICS-GT-000230