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Desktop VHF receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change ?
Tuning steps ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 19-165 MHz in 6 bands 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB) ?
Selectivity AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5.2 MHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W 250 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC
Impedance 72Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC) 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 90 VA ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II WHISTLER-WS001040