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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W 3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 800 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2003 and 200x Between 1989 and 199x in Philippines
Dimensions 380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
200 × 147 × 48 mm
(7.87 × 5.79 × 1.89 in)
Weight 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 935 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 93 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
Alpha-tags
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-MR008100