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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz 9 / 10 / 100 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29.7-42 MHz
35-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
100-522 / 522-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 76-108 / 118-137 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? 3 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 29.7-42 MHz
35-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
- -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 1-5 W max ? ?

Connections

Antenna SMA Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic + 3.5mm jack BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 1400 mAh Li-Ion 6 V DC (4 × R6/AAA batteries) 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 58 × 137 × 38 mm
(2.28 × 5.39 × 1.50 in)
188 × 116 × 31 mm
(7.40 × 4.57 × 1.22 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 428 gr (15.1 oz) with standard hi-capacity NimH battery 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ? 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 600 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/PL and Select 5/5-tone CCIR
VOX
Full keypad
IP54
Mil spec 8110C / 810D / 810E
? Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MOTOROLA-GP-000380 TECSUN-PL-000680 WHISTLER-WS001040