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

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up)
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity ? 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
Selectivity ? SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
Filters ? 15, 6 and 3 kHz
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB
Audio output 180 mW More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle!

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external Mains, 85-265 VAC
Current RX ? Max 210 VA
TX - Max 800 VA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1997 and 19xx Between 2007 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
Weight 357 gr (12.6 oz) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Service search
20 Search lockout freqs
Data skip
Trunktracker
300 steps per second (Turbo Search)
7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
Accessories ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000235XLT ICOM-IC-007700