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Base Station CB Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF receiver
DESKTOP/MOBILE SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  ? 6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 1 kHz per °C temperature change after 15 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps Channelized ? 5 / 12.5 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.405 MHz 150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz 29-54 / 87.3-174 / 380-512 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? Better than 10 µV (S/N 15 dB) 29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-136.9875 MHz: 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
38 0 -512 MHz: 0.7 µV
Selectivity ? 20 kHz @ -6 dB / 50 kHz @ -20 dB 8 kHz @ -6 dB / 17 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 50 MHz
2nd: 5.2 MHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W 700 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance ? 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (100; 200; 230 V) 9 V DC
Current RX ? 90 VA ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1964 and 1969 in Great Britain Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions ? 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
210 × 175 × 60 mm
(8.27 × 6.89 × 2.36 in)
Weight ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs) 700 gr (1.5 lbs) without antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 40 channels in bank(s) ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Backlit LCD
PC programmable
SAME weather alerts
Skywarn Storm Spotter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN PRESIDENT-DWIGHT-D EDDYSTONE-000770U-/-MKII WHISTLER-WS001025