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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 25 / 12.5 kHz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 68-88 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
136-174 / 350-390 / 400-470 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity < 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD) ≤ 0.25 µV / 0.28 µV 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity > 60 dB (12.5 kHz)
> 70 dB (20/25 kHz)
65 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 0.5 W 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 68-88 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
136-174 / 350-390 / 400-470 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output 5/25 W 5 / 4 / 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7.4V, 1650mAh (Li-Ion Battery) 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? 170 mA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 20xx Between 201x and 201x in China Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 168 × 44 × 160 mm
(6.61 × 1.73 × 6.30 in)
117 × 53 × 36 mm
(4.61 × 2.09 × 1.42 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 1.05 kg (2.3 lbs) 287 gr (10.1 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 256 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Select 5/5-tone selcall. CTCSS/PL. Split mounting option. ? Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MOTOROLA-GM-000950-N3 HYTERA-TC-000580 WHISTLER-WS001080