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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up, less than 2 kHz in first hour of operation ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-80 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? 1.2 kHz (-6 dB), 2.4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output 240 mW > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) High: 1 W, Low: 150 mW

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (with PS-510) ?V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA 180 W max ?
TX - 315 W max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 197x and 19xx Between 1984 and 19xx
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 167 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 6.57 in)
330 × 215 × 345 mm
(12.99 × 8.46 × 13.58 in)
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Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME /wFIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Digital modulation board option (APCO 25)
Attenuator
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Recorder control
Radio cloning
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000785D KENWOOD-TS-000510 KENWOOD-TH-000021A