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HF/VHF Receiver
HF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m 108-174 / 220-380 / 406-470 / 830-950 MHz (Europe)
27-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 830-950 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N @ 118-136 & 220-380 MHz)
FM: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD @ VHF)
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
1st: 21.4/177 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB 30 dB @ 120 MHz11 dB @ 935 MHz
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 11.5-15V DC or mains 4.8~6V DC (4×AA/R6)
Current RX ? Max 750 mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
55 × 145 × 40 mm
(2.17 × 5.71 × 1.57 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 620 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) None 100 channels in 5 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 HEATHKIT-HR-001680 AOR-AR-000900