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Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Antenna tuner
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  40m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 118-136 / 144-174 / 420-512 MHz 1.8-54 MHz 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   - CW   SSB  
Sensitivity VHF AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
VHF FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.8 MHz
2nd: 400 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-54 MHz 15 + 40m
Modulations - All mode   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 1/10 W

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 12-14 V DC 12-15 V DC
Current RX 550-770 mA @ 13.8 VDC 0.5 A ?
TX - 0.5 A 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan
Dimensions 265 × 75 × 195 mm
(10.43 × 2.95 × 7.68 in)
180 × 40 × 177 mm
(7.09 × 1.57 × 6.97 in)
250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
Weight 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 640 gr (1.4 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 11 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000220FB TOKYO-HY-POWER-HC-000100AT JRC-JST-000010A