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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-776 / 794-824 / 849-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) ~50 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity FM (20 dB S/N)
25-54 MHz: 0.3 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
216-300 MHz: 0.5 µV
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.5 µV
764-960 MHz: 0.7 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
AM (20 dB S/N)**
25-54 MHz: 1 µV
108-137 MHz: 1 µV
137-174 MHz: 1.5 µV
216-225 MHz: 1.5 µV
225-300 MHz: 2 µV
300-406 MHz: 3 µV
406-512 MHz: 2 µV
764-960 MHz: 2 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 3 µV
? ?
Selectivity +/-8 kHz (-6 dB), +/-17 dB (-50 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9.5V DC ?
Current RX 200 mA (squelched) 68 mA ?
TX - Max 600 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
?
Weight 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features CTCSS/DCS. Alpha tags. Weather alert/FIPS/SAME/Skywarn Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I/II, EDACS and LTR. Spectrum sweeper. PC-programmable. ? D/F (Direction Finding) and homing functions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000400 JIM-MX-000006S MARCONI-SMR-000003A