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HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.03-32 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-136.9875 MHz: 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
38 0 -512 MHz: 0.7 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
8 kHz @ -6 dB / 17 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 10-100W (200W input), AM: 10-40W 1...15 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC 9 V DC
Current RX ? 13.5-350 mA ?
TX 20 A max 0.82-2.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 306 × 115 × 349 mm
(12.05 × 4.53 × 13.74 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
145 × 63 × 39 mm
(5.71 × 2.48 × 1.54 in)
Weight ? 540 gr (1.2 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) without antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) None 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Backlit LCD
PC programmable
SAME weather alerts
Skywarn Storm Spotter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000751 MINI-SW002016 WHISTLER-WS001010