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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Headless Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30.15 / 88-108 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 25-512 / 758-824 / 850-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity 0.63 µV (S+N/N=6dB) 0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity AM 9.0 kHz, AM-N/SSB 4.0 kHz ? ?
Filters - 5 selectable from 34 built in ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Digital Signal Processing Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz (SW1)
2nd: 455 kHz (SW2)
FM: 10.7 MHz
? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 50-60 dB > 60 dB ?
Audio output 1 W 1 Watts at 4 Ohms 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output - ? ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50-70Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9 V DC or mains 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains 11-16.6V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in Japan Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 453 × 184 × 227 mm
(17.83 × 7.24 × 8.94 in)
159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs) including batteries 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT
DSP
CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006700W TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCD000996XT