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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 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 ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.3-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external ? 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX 500 mA ? 120 mA typical
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 1938 and 1945 in USA Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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
? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000100A RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018