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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Rugged handheld VHF transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 6m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ? less than 100 Hz drift ?
Tuning steps ? 1 kHz 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1.6 MHz / 120-75 / 60 / 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 / 22 / 19 / 16 / 13m / 76-108 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 30-88 MHz or 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   AM   USB   LSB   FM   P25   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 30-88 MHz or 136-174 MHz
Modulations - - FM   P25   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep - -
Impedance ? ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains (115/230 V AC) Li-polymer battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 19xx in Japan Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 185 × 118 × 33 mm
(7.28 × 4.65 × 1.30 in)
432 × 152 × 432 mm
(17.01 × 5.98 × 17.01 in)
68 × 167 × 45 mm
(2.68 × 6.57 × 1.77 in)
Weight 600 gr (1.3 lbs) including batteries 11.40 kg (25.2 lbs) 580 gr (1.3 lbs) With battery
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 64 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Solid state AES-256 encryption
IP67 / MIL-STD-810G ingress protection
GPS
Two inch (5 cm) colour screen
Over-the-air Zeroise (OTAZ) to disable compromised radios
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-007601 GALAXY-R-000530 CODAN-SENTRY-V