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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Amateur Mobile Transceiver
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 3 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz (except cellular) 136-174 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   FM   N-FM   All mode  
Sensitivity FM
28-54: 0.4μV
137-174: 0.4μV
216-224.995: 0.4μV
400-512: 0.4μV
764-775.9875: 0.5μV
794-823.9875: 0.5μV
849.0125-868.9875: 0.5μV
894.0125-956: 0.5μV
1240-1300: 0.8μV
AM (20 dB S/N at 60% modulation)
25-27.9950: 1.0μV
108-136.9875: 1.0μV
225-319.9875: 1.0μV
320-399.9875: .1.0μV
W-FM (20 dB S/N at 22.5 kHz deviation)
179.750–215.750 MHz: 0.8 μV
≤ 0.18μV (12dB SINAD) 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? Wide
6 kHz @ -6 dB
14 kHz @ -60 dB
Narrow
3 kHz @ -6 dB
9 kHz @ -60 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 265.55/380.75 MHz
2nd: 10.80 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
46.35MHz / 450kHz ?
Image rejection 75 dB (at 162.4 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 2 W 4.5W typ. (10% dist. 4Ω load) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 MHz ?
Modulations - FM   N-FM   All mode  
RF-output ? 5 / 10 / 25 / 65 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8 V DC ±15% Mains
Current RX 470 mA max 0.4 ~ 1.5 A 22 W max
TX - 11 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2008 and 20xx Between 20xx and 20xx in China Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 187 × 56 × 152 mm
(7.36 × 2.20 × 5.98 in)
140 × 40 × 162 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.38 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 1100 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 270 channels/second 207 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000160 CHICOM-CH-003300H HEATHKIT-HO-005404