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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Compact QRP | 100 W

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C) ?
Tuning steps ? SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? (-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
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Image rejection ? better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz) ?
Audio output 2.6 W 1.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 80-10 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.5 V DC ±10% ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 198x and 19xx Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
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Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
? RIT
CW filter optional
FM optional
Noise filter optional
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008 YAESU-FT-000080C SHIMIZU-DENSHI-SS-000105D