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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 66-88 or 136-174 or 403-470 MHz depending on version
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 66-88 or 136-174 or 403-470 MHz depending on version
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 5/25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions ? 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
168 × 44 × 188 mm
(6.61 × 1.73 × 7.40 in)
Weight ? 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000310 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT MOTOROLA-MC000900