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

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 14-14.3 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 240 mW, 8 ohm 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 150 mW / 1.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 5-15V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 5.5-11 V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA 150 mA
TX - - 550 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x in West Germany Between 2004 and 20xx Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions ? 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
60 × 158 × 38 mm
(2.36 × 6.22 × 1.50 in)
Weight ? 220 gr (7.8 oz) 370 gr (13.1 oz) with BA-2
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HILBERLING-RX000014 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T DAIWA-MT-000020