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Shortwave / 6m SDR Scanner / receiver
Dual band VHF/UHF Mobile Radio
Dual band VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 10 Hz, variable speed

Receiver

RX-range 0.85-70.5 MHz 108-136 / 136-174 / 220-260 / 350-490 MHz 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? MDS = -130 dbm
Selectivity ? ? 500 Hz to 4 kHz adjustable with the SCAF filters
Filters ? 2.5 / 5 kHz 15 kHz
Receiver system SDR ? Double conversion, down-converting design. Side-band elimination using phasing techniques with digitally generated Quadrature carriers and Image Reject Mixers preceded by 15 kHz crystal roofing filters.
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 25 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 / 400-490 MHz 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? VHF: 5/10/20/50 W, UHF: 5/10/25/40 W 20 Watts CW or PEP SSB

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 5 V DC (via USB) 13.8 V DC 11.5-14 V DC
Current RX 320 mA ? ?
TX - ? 3.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2012 and 20xx in Great Britain Between 2013 and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 185 × 38 × 110 mm
(7.28 × 1.50 × 4.33 in)
140 × 42 × 211 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 8.31 in)
203 × 95 × 305 mm
(7.99 × 3.74 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? 1.16 kg (2.6 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Headless Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 750 channels in 10 bank(s) 20 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 7 characters alpha-numeric display
Single or Dual Receive/Display Modes
User selectable multi-colored LCD display
Dual receive with separate volume control
Multiple scan modes including priority scan
CTCSS / DCS
Fully PC-controllable
10.7 MHz IF-signal output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CROSS-COUNTRY-WIRELESS-SDR-000004+ POLMAR-DB-000050 NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000006N4