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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  2m  70cm  33cm  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-823 / 851-868 / 896-1126 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? N-FM 20 dB S/N at 3 kHz deviation
29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
137-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
806-956 MHz: 0.6 µV
AM 20 dB S/N at 60% modulation
108-137 MHz: 1.5 µV
FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? 10 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -50 dB FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
380.7 / 10.85 MHz / 450 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 350 mW max 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 420-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? - 5 W max

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14.4V DC 6V DC / 4×AA 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 70-180 mA max 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1998 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
63 × 158 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 6.22 × 1.57 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 229 gr (8.1 oz) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) 150 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking, tracks Motorola type I/IIIii analog/digital, EDACS and LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather alert / SAME / FIPS / Skywarn
PC-programmable.
Trunking scanner D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? - ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000600 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000091 ICOM-ID-000031A