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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 430-440 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: <0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
? 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
Selectivity AM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: >15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: >2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 30.875 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.6 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 100 W High: 5 W, Low 3: 3.5 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 1: 500 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7-14 V DC 12V DC
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A ? ?
TX Max 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx Between 1991 and 19xx Between 2003 and 200x
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
49 × 105 × 39 mm
(1.93 × 4.13 × 1.54 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
Weight 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz) with BP-111 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Keypad 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000725 ICOM-IC-P000004ET UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008