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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 10 ppm (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
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/SSB/CW: 10dB S/N
FM-N/FM-W: 12dB SINAD

Mode 0.15-1.5 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 30-1000 MHz 1-1.5 GHz
AM 25µV 1µV 1µV 1.9µV
SSB 0.9µV 0.3µV 0.3µV 0.4µV
FM N 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV
FM W - - 1.0µV 1.0µV
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
? SSB/CW 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W 230 kHz @ 6dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 65 dB ? 65dB
Audio output ? ? 0.2W (8 ohm load)

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6/AA internal ?V DC ?
Current RX 130-300 mA ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1999 in Great Britain Between 199x and 199x Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
? ?
Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) without batteries ? ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS-232 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150 STANDARD-C-000111 WINRADIO-WR-001550E