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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
FM / N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) FM: 55 dB
N-FM / DV: 50 dB
Filters ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? - 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 70/80Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 80 W 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YUPITERU-MVT-007000EX EDDYSTONE-000730/8 ICOM-ID-000031E-PLUS