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Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

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  2000m  6m  6m 
Freq. stability 0.5 p.p.m. (0°C to 60°C) ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) 29-54 / 137-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
? 0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ? 60dB
Audio output 600 ohm line audio 250 mW, 8 ohms 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other USB - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 4 AAs or 9 DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1995 and 199x Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
? 57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 330 gr (11.6 oz) 425 gr (15.0 oz) 214 gr (7.6 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Headless Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 50 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
5 priority channels
2 second delay
lockout
weather
band search
1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Flashlight
ANI (Caller ID)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-G000315E UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000080XLT WOUXUN-KG-000816