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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 / 87-108 MHz 143.8-148.2 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV provides output 10 dB above noise ?
Selectivity 7.0 / 4.0 / 2.5 kHz 15 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 22-26 MHz (tunable)
2nd: 2 MHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W internal speaker, 15 W PA output 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 143.8-148.2 MHz -
Modulations - AM   CW   -
RF-output ? AM: 8 W, CW: 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic + KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585) SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50-72Ω 50Ω
Other Line in / out
Ext. speaker
Headphones
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Electrical

Power req. 9 V DC (4 × R20 / D cells) 6.3V DC, 12.6V DC or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? 60 W 500 mA
TX - 120 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 333 × 180 × 58 mm
(13.11 × 7.09 × 2.28 in)
305 × 152 × 254 mm
(12.01 × 5.98 × 10.00 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ? 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Portable Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 1700 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual clocks and timers. PBT 320*240 pixel 5.7", 240 × 320 pixel LCD ? 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ETÓN-E000001 HEATHKIT-HW-000020-PAWNEE UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T