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Mobile CB Transceiver
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HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  70cm  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5ppm ?
Tuning steps Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 440-470 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity AM: 0.75 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
<0.20 µV 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 4.2 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 7.8 MHz ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 3 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 400mW 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 440-470 MHz -
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W (PEP) 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.7-15.9 V DC Li-ion Battery 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 2 A 35 mA (standby) 170 mA
TX 3 A max 1500 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1979 in Taiwan Between 200x and 201x in China Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 232 × 65 × 275 mm
(9.13 × 2.56 × 10.83 in)
55.5 × 100 × 31 mm
(2.19 × 3.94 × 1.22 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 3.55 kg (7.8 lbs) 235 gr (8.3 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PA
ANL
Noise Blanker
RF & Mic gain
SWR-meter
Tone
Dimmer
Scanning
Repeater Shift
Voice scrambling
CTCSS / DCS
KENWOOD option ready
PC programmable via interface cable
Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN PRESIDENT-ADAMS LINTON-LT-003260-2 WHISTLER-WS001080