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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 kHz ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25.165-29.695 MHz 520-1710 / 2300-21950 kHz
87-108 MHz
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? PLL Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 25.165-29.695 MHz - -
Modulations AM   FM   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 30 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 5V DC through mini-USB jack or 3 × R6/AA batteries 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 150 × 50 × 235 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 9.25 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 400 channels in 0 bank(s) 450 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital Sound Processing Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MAGNUM-000257 TECSUN-PL-000360 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B