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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 530-1605 kHz / 3.9-28 / 87.5-108 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-912 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.1 W @ 10% THD ? 1.8 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6 × C-cells, 9 V DC or mains ?V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1997 and 199x
Dimensions 291 × 171 × 111 mm
(11.46 × 6.73 × 4.37 in)
58 × 97 × 24 mm
(2.28 × 3.82 × 0.94 in)
265 × 90 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.54 × 7.40 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) including batteries 200 gr (7.1 oz) 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Portable Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 800 channels in 10 bank(s) 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
PC programmable
S-meter
CTCSS,
Rotary control
Auto-store
Weather alert
Auto-sort,
Backlight
Tape record control
Data skip
Duplicate frequency alert
20 search-skip frequencies
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006500W STANDARD-AX-000400B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000895XLT