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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   P25   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
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)
Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Triple conversion (PLL) DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? 74 dB typical
Audio output ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? 1 - 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX 120 mA typical 550 mA
TX - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 20xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
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)
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018 TEN-TEC-000539