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Base Station CB Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Channelized 1 Hz - 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
?
Selectivity ? Software defined ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 55 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz - -
Modulations AM   - -
RF-output 12 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 11-15 V DC 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? 500 mA max ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 2002 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions ? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
Weight ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories 40 channels in bank(s) ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
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Accessories ? ? AC-E60HG AC adapter
MPN PRESIDENT-DWIGHT-D ELAD-FDM-000077 SONY-ICF-SC000001