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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Amateur Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 kHz

Receiver

RX-range ~50 kHz - 30 MHz 0.5-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 25-87 / 137-174 / 406-512 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   C4FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? VHF: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: ~380 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 700 mW 400 mW at ?% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA) -
Modulations - FM   N-FM   C4FM   -
RF-output ? 5 W max -

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 7.2 V DC 2.4-3 V DC (2×R6/AA Alkaline or NiMH batteries)
Current RX ? ? 90-290 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2019 and 202x Between 20xx and 20xx in Vietnam
Dimensions ? 62 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.44 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
68 × 115 × 32 mm
(2.68 × 4.53 × 1.26 in)
Weight ? 282 gr (10.0 oz) 165 gr (5.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 80 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features D/F (Direction Finding) and homing functions Built-in bluetooth and GPS
APRS 1200/9600bps modem
Voice recorder
Micro SD card slot
Twin RX (V+V/V+U/U+U)
Band scope
320×240 dot matrix full color TFT touch screen
Wires-X
Backlit display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MARCONI-SMR-000003A YAESU-FT-000003DR UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000069XLT-2