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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  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 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? 5 to 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.153-30 / 87.5-108 MHz 25-225 / 400-512 / 806-824 / 850-869 / 895-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.4μV 25–27.995 MHz AM
0.3μV 28–53.98 MHz N-FM
0.5μV 54–71.95 MHz W-FM
0.2μV 72–75.995 MHz FM
0.4μV 76–107.9 MHz FM-B
0.3μV 108–136.9916 MHz AM
0.3μV 137–173.9875 MHz N-FM
0.5μV 174–215.95 MHz W-FM
0.3μV 216–224.98 MHz N-FM
0.3μV 400–512 MHz N-FM
0.4μV 806–960 MHz N-FM
0.5μV 1240–1300 MHz N-FM
530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.7 to 380.8 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 320 mW, 8 ohm 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SMA SMA
Impedance 50/300Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.5V DC (3xR6/AA) 3V DC (3×AA), 12V DC external Li-Ion
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 133.35 × 88.9 × 31.75 mm
(5.25 × 3.50 × 1.25 in)
61 × 136 × 31 mm
(2.40 × 5.35 × 1.22 in)
?
Weight ? 168 gr (5.9 oz) ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 54 channels in 1 bank(s) 9000 channels in 500 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual time display. Sleep timer. Dual alarm. Scanning CTCSS / DCS
GPS connectivity
PC programmable
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola Systems: Type I, II, II/I (hybrid), EDACS Systems (FM, NFM, and SCAT), LTR Systems
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SANGEAN-ATS-000606A UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000346XT AOR-AR-DV000010