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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 10 m: >50 dB 15-80 m: >60 dB ?
Audio output 180 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 12 W, SSB/CW: 50 W Max 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external 13.5V DC +/-10% Mains
Current RX ? Max 600 mA ?
TX - Max 10 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1997 and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 1982 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
230 × 80 × 320 mm
(9.06 × 3.15 × 12.60 in)
370 × 157 × 350 mm
(14.57 × 6.18 × 13.78 in)
Weight 357 gr (12.6 oz) 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) 19.00 kg (41.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Service search
20 Search lockout freqs
Data skip
Trunktracker
300 steps per second (Turbo Search)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000235XLT YAESU-FT-000007B YAESU-FT-ONE