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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10-15V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 2006 in China (designed in Japan) Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 195 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 7.68 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 255 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. CTCSS & DCS. RS-232. RS-232
Accessories ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000780XLT LOWE-HF-000250E