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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
RX: 0.495-999.990 MHz
1.8-54 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-5 MHz: 2.2 µV
5-30 MHz: 1.4 µV
118-137 MHz: 1.4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-90 MHz: 0.45 µV
90-144 MHz: 0.2 µV
144-148 MHz: 0.18 µV
148-180 MHz: 0.2 µV
350-470 MHz: 0.18 µV
600-940 MHz: 1.4 µV
940-999.990 MHz: 2.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-108 MHz: 1.8 µV µV
600-800 MHz: 2.5 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 (Ham bands)
AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-10 dB), 700 kHz (-20 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >40 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
RX: 0.495-999.990 MHz
1.8-54 MHz -
Modulations FM   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 1.5 / 1 W, Low 1: 0.1 / 0.1 W 1 kW @ 50 W input ?

Connections

Antenna SMA N-type BNC
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.7V DC (Lithium-Ion battery pack, 1800 mAh) Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 80-150 mA ? 170 mA
TX Max 1.5 A 13 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 47 × 81 × 28 mm
(1.85 × 3.19 × 1.10 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 160 gr (5.6 oz) with battery and antenna 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1250 channels in 18 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alpha tags. CTCSS/DTCS Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB 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 ICOM-IC-E000007 HILBERLING-HPA-008000B-54 WHISTLER-WS001080