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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Electronic Clock

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) -
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? -

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz None
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
Sensitivity FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? -
IF-freqs. ? ? -
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm None
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W -

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains (120 / 240 V AC)
Current RX Max 700 mA 1.3-1.6 A 6.5 W
TX - 22 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 2005 and 200x Between 1975 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
?
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 503 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
Full six digits display
12 / 24 hour format
Backup battery
Automatic light sensor
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT ICOM-IC-007000 HEATHKIT-GC-001092D