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

General

HAM bands 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  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 15 p.p.m. at o °C~60 °C
Tuning steps 1 Hz - 1 MHz ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 50 kHz - 60 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (Australia)
140-150 MHz (USA / Asia)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   FM  
Sensitivity AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
? ≤ 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity Software defined ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 55 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (Australia)
140-150 MHz (USA / Asia)
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 0.1 / 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-15 V DC 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter) ?
Current RX 500 mA max ? 6-170 mA
TX - - 300-600 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 198x and 198x 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)
61 × 148 × 33 mm
(2.40 × 5.83 × 1.30 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) 340 gr (12.0 oz) with BP-22
Form factor Headless Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
? ?
Accessories ? AC-E60HG AC adapter ?
MPN ELAD-FDM-000077 SONY-ICF-SC000001 ICOM-IC-000002A