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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 118-174 / 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 5.5 kHz 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? Better than 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? - High: 50/35 W, Mid hi: 20/20 W, Mid lo: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA Max 400 mA 0.8-1 A
TX - - Max 12 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 2006 in China (designed in Japan) Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 195 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 7.68 in)
276 × 111 × 194 mm
(10.87 × 4.37 × 7.64 in)
140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 162 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. CTCSS & DCS. RS-232. ? CTCSS. 9K6 packet ready.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000780XLT DRAKE-SW000001 ICOM-IC-000207H