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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Floating Marine Transceiver | GPS

General

HAM bands ? 6m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 10 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 50-54 MHz 156.050 - 163.275 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? 12 / 25 kHz (-6 / -60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 47.25 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 2 W 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) 700 mW @ 16 ohm for 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 MHz 156.025 - 157.425 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM  
RF-output ? 5 W 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 6 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6 or 12V DC or mains 12 V DC - 1150mAh Lithium-Ion
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 330 mA
TX - ? 1.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1961 and 196x Between 2013 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
62 × 142 × 45 mm
(2.44 × 5.59 × 1.77 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 335 gr (11.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 48 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Recorder control
Data skip
Auto store
Beep alert
? Submersible JIS-7 / IPX7
DSC Distress, All Ships, Group and Position Polling
One hand operation
Rubber armor on case for sure grip and durability
SOS Strobe light
Programmable channel names
12-channel GPS receiver
Large LCD (132 × 64 dots)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT HEATHKIT-HW-000029A-'SIXER' STANDARD-HX000851