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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1/10/100/1000/10000 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 0.03-30 MHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? AM
0.05-15 MHz: ~2.5 µV
15-30 MHz: ~3.5 - 4.5 µV
SSB
About three times better than AM
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Selectivity ? AM: 6 kHz
SSB: 3.8 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Demodulator: AM Quasi Synchronous SSB: Product detector Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter) 12V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 300 mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 1997 and 20xx in by R.F.Engineering Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
180 × 58 × 170 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 6.69 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 255 gr (9.0 oz) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PC-controllable (Serial DB9) Clarity control for SSB ±800Hz
RS-232 computer interface (HF-3E only)
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories AC-E60HG AC adapter ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-SC000001-PC NASA-TARGET-HF000003 AOR-AR-ALPHA-II