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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 25 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30.15 / 88-108 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   AFSK   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.63 µV (S+N/N=6dB) 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
FM/NFM: ≥ -15 dBμ (at 12 dB SINAD)
DV: ≥ -11 dBμ (at BER 1%)
Selectivity AM 9.0 kHz, AM-N/SSB 4.0 kHz ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz (SW1)
2nd: 455 kHz (SW2)
FM: 10.7 MHz
? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 50-60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W 2.5 W 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   AFSK   DV   GMSK  
RF-output - ? 0.1 - 5 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep BNC + NMO SMA
Impedance 50-70Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola) -

Electrical

Power req. 9 V DC or mains 13.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC battery or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 700 mA max 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in Japan Between 1988 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 453 × 184 × 227 mm
(17.83 × 7.24 × 8.94 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs) including batteries 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 1302 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IP1X waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006700W UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT ICOM-ID-000031A-PLUS