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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
QRP SDR HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 1.5 p.p.m. ± 0.5 p.p.m. with optional TCXO
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 5-550 / 800-1300 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
Sensitivity FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) FM 0.45µV @ 12 dB SINAD
W-FM 1.0µV @ 12 dB SINAD
AM 1.0µV @ 10 dB S/N
≥ -115 dBm / 0.11~0.89 μV
Selectivity ? ? SSB 2.3 kHz (-6 dB)
CW 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD 8 ohm, 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 m
Modulations - - FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5-15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 11-16V DC 9-15 V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 450 mA
TX - - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 1985 and 199x Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
215 × 74 × 62 mm
(8.46 × 2.91 × 2.44 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs) 613 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1984 channels in 62 bank(s) @ 36 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C ? Spectrum waterfall display
Noise Reduction
Automatic notch filter
SWR-meter
Supply voltage meter
AF-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT AOR-AR-002500 RISEN-RS-000918SSB