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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.545-2 / 2-7.5 / 7.5-30.5 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 60 dB @ 12.5 kHz
70 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 240 mW, 8 ohm 4 W @ 8 Ohm for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output - ? 25 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws BNC SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA 200 mA
TX - - 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1945 and 1946 in USA Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2016 and 20xx
Dimensions 290 × 187 × 182 mm
(11.42 × 7.36 × 7.17 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
107 × 45 × 125 mm
(4.21 × 1.77 × 4.92 in)
Weight 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Color LCD
IP67 waterproof (optional)
GPS (optional)
Accessories - ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000041W-SKYRIDER-JR. UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T TYT-TH-008600