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

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 3.5-27.4 MHz 25-550 / 760-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-912 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 320 mW 1.8 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ext or NiCd int. 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 700 mA 500 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 1995 and 200x Between 1997 and 199x
Dimensions 380 × 170 × 350 mm
(14.96 × 6.69 × 13.78 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
265 × 90 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.54 × 7.40 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME Weather alert
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Auto-store
Search lockout
Attenuator
Data skip
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
PC programmable
S-meter
CTCSS,
Rotary control
Auto-store
Weather alert
Auto-sort,
Backlight
Tape record control
Data skip
Duplicate frequency alert
20 search-skip frequencies
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000310 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC003000XLT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000895XLT