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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.250-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
? 0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter)
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR Processing Architecture
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
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Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ? >85 dB
Audio output 2 W internal speaker 240 mW, 8 ohm Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
RF-output - ? 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC N-type
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational)
Current RX ? 500 mA 120 mA
TX - - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery
Form factor Portable Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Quartz clock/timer TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T CODAN-002110M