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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 530-1605 kHz / 3.9-28 / 87.5-108 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-912 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.1 W @ 10% THD 1.8 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep BNC BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 × C-cells, 9 V DC or mains 13.8V DC 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? 500 mA max ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1997 and 199x Between 2002 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 291 × 171 × 111 mm
(11.46 × 6.73 × 4.37 in)
265 × 90 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.54 × 7.40 in)
64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) including batteries 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Portable Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
PC programmable
S-meter
CTCSS,
Rotary control
Auto-store
Weather alert
Auto-sort,
Backlight
Tape record control
Data skip
Duplicate frequency alert
20 search-skip frequencies
?
Accessories ? ? AC-E60HG AC adapter
MPN SONY-ICF-006500W UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000895XLT SONY-ICF-SC000001