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Mobile Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 40m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 500 / 1000 kHz Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 0.1-1300 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations - AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N FM (12dB SINAD)
30 ~ 470MHz -12dBμ
470 ~ 830MHz -9dBμ
830 ~ 1000MHz -4dBμ
1000 ~ 1300MHz 0dBμ
W-FM (12dB SINAD)
30 ~ 470MHz -3dBμ
470 ~ 830MHz 0dBμ
AM (10dB S / N)
0.53 ~ 2MHz -3dBμ
2 ~ 30MHz -10dBμ
30 ~ 470MHz -6dBμ
0.35 µV
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) AM / FM
15kHz or more -6dB
Below 30kHz -40dB
W-FM
More than 180kHz -3dB
Below 470kHz -30dB

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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. 11 MHz ? Software defined
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 90 mW None

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output 3W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 3×AA or 12V DC adaptor 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX 35-80mA 115 mW typical 410 mA max
TX 800mA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 20xx Between 2007 and 20xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
60 × 120 × 30 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.18 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 230 gr (8.1 oz) incl. battery and belt clip 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 50 bank(s) @ 110 channels/second 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
1541 pre-programmed frequencies
De-scrambler
Frequency counter / bug finder
Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001340 YUPITERU-MVT-005500 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO