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

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-956 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz 540-1500 kHz / 1.5-31 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Quad conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.8 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   RTTY   -
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains Mains
Current RX 500 mA max Max 2.8 ?
TX - Max 19 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x Between 1996 and 200x in Japan Between 1963 and 1967 in USA
Dimensions 276 × 86 × 190 mm
(10.87 × 3.39 × 7.48 in)
410 × 135 × 347 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.66 in)
343 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.50 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
Weight 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
VFO mode
SAME w/FIPS
PC programmable
S-meter
Rotary control
Auto store
Data skip
Backlit display
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola (type I, II & hybrid), EDACS & LTR systems
Twin VFO ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000898T YAESU-FT-001000MP NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000077X