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Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 68-88 / 144-174 / 430-512 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity 68-174 MHz: 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
430-512 MHz: 1 µV (20 dB S/N)
? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 18 kHz (-6 dB), 34 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 3.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains ? 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1974 and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 260 × 80 × 270 mm
(10.24 × 3.15 × 10.63 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 3.70 kg (8.2 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 3 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HANDIC-000016 HANDIC-000305 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B