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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz 20 / 100 / 0.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 2-29.999 MHz 100 kHz - 29.9999 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW Narrow: 1.7µV @ 20 dB
AM: 7.5 µV @ 20 dB
100 kHz to 2 MHz
AM 2 µV
SSB .5 µV

2 MHz to 30 MHz
AM 1 µV
SSB .5 µV max

10db(S+N/N)
0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 45 MHz 8 kHz BW
455 Khz (AM) 6 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters CW wide: 2900 Hz, CW narrow: 400 Hz 6 kHz AM and 2.4 kHz SSB ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output ? 2 watts into 8 ohm 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 2-29.999 MHz - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output SSB/CW: 3/30 W, AM: 7.5 W ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-28V DC 12V DC / 10 AA cells 7.4 V DC
Current RX 175 mA 350-600 mA ?
TX 1.2 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in UK Between 200x and 20xx Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 330 × 90 × 250 mm
(12.99 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
210 × 65 × 195 mm
(8.27 × 2.56 × 7.68 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 206 gr (7.3 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Portable Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Range: 40 km by day under normal conditions 6-digit LCD display
Analog S-Meter
455kHz IF output
1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-PRC-000320 PALSTAR-RC000030 WOUXUN-KG-000819