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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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5W Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 28 V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX 500 mA 3 A max ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
?
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication 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 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T MILITARY-BC-000348 RADIODDITY-GD-000077-DMR