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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 1 ppm ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 137-174 / 380-512 MHz 0.135-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-782 / 791-799 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? AM
0.15-1.8 MHz: 10 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM 28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB 0.15-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
CW 1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? AM Narrow 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/FM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0 W into 8 ohm 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
5.3 MHz (USA only)
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Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 1/10/100 W, AM: 0.4/4/40 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 11.7 - 15.8V DC 4×AA or USB 5 V DC
Current RX ? 1 A max 120 mA typical
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x Between 2011 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 210 × 52 × 175 mm
(8.27 × 2.05 × 6.89 in)
240 × 100 × 293 mm
(9.45 × 3.94 × 11.54 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight ? 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 50 channels in 1 bank(s) 600 channels in 3 bank(s) 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000214 ALINCO-DX-SR000008 GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000800