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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-26.1 / 87-108 MHz 0.525-1.61 / 3.2-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz)
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 100 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep Built-in sweep BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC batteries or 8-16V DC external Mains or 9V DC (6LR20 / D) 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC
Current RX ? ? 10-140 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1985 Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 500 × 240 × 200 mm
(19.69 × 9.45 × 7.87 in)
381 × 246 × 120 mm
(15.00 × 9.69 × 4.72 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
Weight 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs) 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000600 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RF-002900 YUPITERU-MVT-007100