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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  6m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm 2.5 W 2.7 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + NMO BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola) -

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 500 mA 700 mA max ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 1988 and 200x Between 1994 and 199x
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
265 × 84 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.31 × 7.40 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 200 channels in 10 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
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Auto-store
Auto-sort
Rotary control
Tape control
Weather alert
Channel count
Optional CTCSS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000890XLT