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Desktop Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   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 ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 240 mW, 8 ohm 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output 50 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 500 mA, TX: Max 9 A 500 mA 170 mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 197x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 342.9 × 114.3 × 330.2 mm
(13.50 × 4.50 × 13.00 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
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
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 TEN-TEC-TRITON-I UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T WHISTLER-WS001080