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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz VHF Marine Channels
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
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Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
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Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ? ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker 240 mW, 8 ohm Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF Marine Channels
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output - ? ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external ?
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
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Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) ?
Form factor Portable Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Quartz clock/timer TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
IP68 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T ICOM-IC-M000510