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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) 136-174 MHz
300-390 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
≤ 0.25 µV / 0.35 µV
Selectivity 2,2kHz / 1,4:1
3,5kHz / 1,38:1
4,5kHz / 1,53:1
7,0kHz / 1,41:1
? 70 / 60 dB
Filters 2.2, 3.5, 4.5 and 7.0 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 100 mW 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 MHz
300-390 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 4 / 1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC 7.4V, 1700mAh (Li-Ion Battery)
Current RX ? 10-140 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
122 × 55 × 35 mm
(4.80 × 2.17 × 1.38 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) 316 gr (11.2 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225E YUPITERU-MVT-007100 HYTERA-TC-000700