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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 50-905 MHz 144-146 MHz (Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   FM  
Sensitivity Into 50 ohms aerial input, for 10 dB S/N:
AM: <2 µV (50-500 kHz), <1 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
SSB: 1 µV (50-500 kHz), <0.5 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
AM: 3V (10dB S/N)
FM: 1.5V (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1V (12 dB SINAD @ 83 MHz)
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Selectivity 2.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4.1 kHz (-60 db) with narrow filter
6.5 kHz (-6 dB), 10.2 kHz (-60 dB) with wide filter
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz (Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Hi-Z SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6/AA internal 13.8V DC +/-15% ?V DC
Current RX 130-300 mA Max 1 A ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1999 in Great Britain Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
180 × 75 × 180 mm
(7.09 × 2.95 × 7.09 in)
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Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) without batteries 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Bandscope TV tuner front end ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150 STANDARD-AX-000700 STANDARD-C-000156