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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF Surveillance Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  6m  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1900 MHz 50-54 MHz 20-80 MHz
Modulations All mode   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM ca. 0,5 μV
FM ca. 1,2 μV
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 4 / 10 / 50 kHz @ -6 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? Requires headphones or external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low: 0.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 9-16V DC external 6.3-16V DC Mains (220 V AC)
Current RX 20-160 mA 28-150 mA 16 W
TX - 0.5-1 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 69 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.72 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
60 × 174 × 33 mm
(2.36 × 6.85 × 1.30 in)
483 × 90 × 478 mm
(19.02 × 3.54 × 18.82 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) incl. NiCads 550 gr (1.2 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? DRO-290 Digital Nixie-tube display
MPN AOR-AR-008000 AZDEN-AZ-000061 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-000521A-1