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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 25-54 / 180-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st:
( 25-174 MHz) 380.6050-380.7000 MHz
(406-512 MHz) 380.6125-380.7000 MHz
(806-956 MHz) 380.7000-380.7875 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW ? 490 mW @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? Max 100/100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC, 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 6V DC
Current RX ? ? 110 mA typical, 310 mA max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x Between 2004 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 177 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.97 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
? 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 1.44 kg (3.2 lbs) ? 170 gr (6.0 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 60 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features APCO25 option
Alpha tags
Attenuator
Auto hold
Auto store
Backlit display
Beep alert
CTCSS / DCS
Data skip
PC programmable
Radio cloning
Rotary control
SAME w/FIPS
Service Search
Tape Recorder control
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi and EDACS and LTR
Built-in auto-AT Close Call RF
Service Search
Rotary control
Backlit display
PC programmable (USB)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000796D KENWOOD-TS-000480SAT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000095XLT