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PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Military Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C) ? ?
Tuning steps 1 Hz kHz ? 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) 37.02-46.02 / 138.345-172.020 / 423.0-508.4875 / 806.0125-868.9875 MHz 30-75.95 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
37-46 MHz = 0.3 µV
138-172 MHz = 0.4 µV
423-508 MHz = 0.5 µV
0.4 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? ? 32 kHz @ -6 dB
85 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ? ?
Audio output 600 ohm line audio 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 30-75.95 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 10 W

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Drawn from PCI interface 13.8V DC 27.5 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1995 and 199x Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
76 × 33 × 137 mm
(2.99 × 1.30 × 5.39 in)
?
Weight 330 gr (11.6 oz) 180 gr (6.4 oz) ?
Form factor PC-card Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1583 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 920 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Pre-programmed with 1583 police and highway patrol freqs for all 50 US states, highway patrol mobile extender alarm, weather scan ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-G000315I UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000012-STORMTRACKER MILITARY-AN/VRC-000012