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Desktop Shortwave receiver
DIGITAL SCANNER RADIO
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (excl. cellular) 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   FM   DMR   P25   AM   FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD unless otherwise noted)
VHF Low: 0.2 µV
VHF Aircraft (AM): 0.4 µV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF Low 300-406: 0.8 µV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV
1240 -1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
? ?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection > 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion 8 Ohms Resistor Load at speaker terminal Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM  
RF-output ? ? 4 W (20 W export)

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 12-16 V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in USA Between 2019 and 202x
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
180 × 45 × 135 mm
(7.09 × 1.77 × 5.31 in)
170 × 52 × 160 mm
(6.69 × 2.05 × 6.30 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) without antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? • Functional keypad and backlit LCD display
• USA/Canada Radio Reference database on SD Card
• Quick Location based Programming (City, Zip,
County)
• Detects and masks encrypted voice audio
• Decodes Radio ID/Talkgroup ID data
• Upgradeable CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware and
Database Library
• USB Interface 2.0 or earlier
• DMR/MotoTRBO™ Tier II
• Improved P25 Functionality (Phase II, X2-TDMA)
• PC Software to customize your settings
• Signal Strength Meter
• 200 Scanlists
• Weather Radio Function
Multi-color display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A WHISTLER-TRX-000002 PRESIDENT-WALKER-TXPR100