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Handheld VHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 0.01 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 87.5-107.9 / 108-174 MHz 0.09-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: 0.4 µV
FM: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 0.9 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 0.3 / 1.5 / 2.7 / 6 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 51.750 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC (3R6/AA) 24V DC or mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 36-160 mA ? 500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 53 × 104 × 28 mm
(2.09 × 4.09 × 1.10 in)
489 × 190 × 305 mm
(19.25 × 7.48 × 12.01 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 100 gr (3.5 oz) without antennna & battery 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000030XLT JRC-NRD-000092M UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T