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HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps Not applicable ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range ? General coverage 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 270 / 500 Hz / 2.7 / 6 kHz ?
Receiver system ? DSP Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5-29.7 MHz 160-10 + 6m -
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 160 W (3.5-21 MHz), 140 W (28 MHz) 50 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16V DC Mains 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? 170 mA
TX 15 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 201x Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 123 × 107 × 265 mm
(4.84 × 4.21 × 10.43 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual TFT display (7" + 3.5")
Band scope
Audio scope
Dual receivers
Triple 32-bit DSPs
Internal automatic antenna tuner (ATU)
Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TL-000120 KENWOOD-TS-000990D WHISTLER-WS001080