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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Transmitter Exciter
Desktop Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz - 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   P25   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion (PLL) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-32 MHz 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ? W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB Mains ?
Current RX 120 mA typical - ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 20xx Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
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Weight 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018 TMC-SBE-000002 COBRA-000139