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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 26.?-27.855 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 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 SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 26.?-27.855 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W 12 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? 170 mA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x in Korea Between 198x and 198x in Taiwan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 120 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? All-mode 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 BANDO-TECHNIC-000003DP COBRA-000148-GTL-DX WHISTLER-WS001080