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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? 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 ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX ? 120 mA typical
TX ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage 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)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FT-000077 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018