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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 140-149.995 MHz 0.5-55 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV
50-54 MHz: 2 uV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-20 MHz: 0.35 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.35 uV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 uV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 uV
Selectivity ? ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double (AM/SSB/CW) /triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st IF: 70.455 MHz
2nd IF: 10.695 MHz
3rd IF: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm ? 0.6 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 140-149.995 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 4 W 0.5-5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 12 V DC 9-15 V DC (3800 mAh battery)
Current RX 500 mA ? 660 mA
TX - ? 2.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 198x and 198x Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
? 160 × 99 × 46 mm
(6.30 × 3.90 × 1.81 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) ? 940 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
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
? 3.6" LCD
IF output
Built-in auto-ATU
Backlit buttons
Memory keyer
AF-DSP
Internal or external microphone
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T SANTEC-HT-001200 XIEGU-X005105