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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
500 channels Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ?
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 25-88 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 806-960 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
?
Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144–146 / 430–440MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z SMA -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or internal batteries 5.5-11.5V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx in China
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
?
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Close-Call
PC-programmable (USB)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225 ICOM-IC-E000080D UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000125AT/XLT