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Desktop VHF Receiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  1.25m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  4m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 85-300 MHz in 5 bands 1.8-70 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-70 MHz -
Modulations - All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 1 kW @ 50 W input ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type BNC
Impedance 50/60Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - 13 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 196x in West Germany Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 540 × 220 × 350 mm
(21.26 × 8.66 × 13.78 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight ? 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESM-000300 HILBERLING-HPA-008000B WHISTLER-WS001040