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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 150 kHz- 54 MHz 14 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
Selectivity ? ? 50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 80 dB
Audio output 2 W requires external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains
Current RX Max 700 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
432 × 191 × 254 mm
(17.01 × 7.52 × 10.00 in)
?
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 10.40 kg (22.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
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
¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Dial Lamp • Antenna Trimmer • RF Gain • ANL • Bandspread • Calibrator 100 kHz² • Mute • MVC/AVC • Standby • Speaker Terminals • BFO • Q-Multiplier • Line Out 500 ohms ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT LAFAYETTE-HA-000225 RFT-EKD-000100