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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 52 MHz / 142-172 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM
2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
1.5 µV (142-172 MHz)
33 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

FM
4 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.2 µV (142-172 MHz)
28 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

SSB/CW
0.2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.18 µV (142-172 MHz)
22 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)
?
Selectivity AM 6 kHz
FM 12 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
CW 600 Hz
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.7 MHz
2nd: 10.698 (main), 10.702 (sub)
?
Image rejection > 70 dB ?
Audio output 4.8 W (2×2.4 W main/sub) 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output HF/6 m: 100 W, 2 m: 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? 500 mA
TX ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in Germany Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 425 × 175 × 465 mm
(16.73 × 6.89 × 18.31 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ?
MPN HILBERLING-PT-008000A UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T