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

General

HAM bands 6m  70cm  33cm  23cm  4m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 796-824 / 849-869 / 896-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
11.2735 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 2 W 125 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 9.5 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 68 mA ?
TX - 620 mA max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 1964 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
?
Weight 240 gr (8.5 oz) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS
Multitrunking, tracks Motorola, EDAS, LTR and digital APCO (9600 bd)
Weather alert/SAME/Skywarn
Spectrum sweeper
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000500 JIM-MX-000018S K.W.-ELECTRONICS-002000A