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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
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Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
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Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? 500 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Quartz clock/timer TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T