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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz General coverage 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC Clamps / screws SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16.6V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 500 mA max ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2008 and 200x Between 1939 and 194x Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 184 × 56 × 151 mm
(7.24 × 2.20 × 5.94 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 1.57 kg (3.5 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 6000 channels in 1 bank(s) None 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features "Close call" RF capture technology
RS-232C. Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola type I, II. EDACS, SCAT and LTR systems
CTCSS / DCS.
? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000800XLT RME-000070 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B