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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Amateur Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1.6 MHz / 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 / 19 / 16 / 13 m / 76-108 MHz 0.03-32 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-136.9875 MHz: 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
38 0 -512 MHz: 0.7 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
8 kHz @ -6 dB / 17 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 1...15 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8 V DC 9 V DC
Current RX ? 13.5-350 mA ?
TX - 0.82-2.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 180 × 120 × 35 mm
(7.09 × 4.72 × 1.38 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
145 × 63 × 39 mm
(5.71 × 2.48 × 1.54 in)
Weight 640 gr (1.4 lbs) including batteries 540 gr (1.2 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) without antenna
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Backlit LCD
PC programmable
SAME weather alerts
Skywarn Storm Spotter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-007600A MINI-SW002016 WHISTLER-WS001010