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

General

HAM bands 6m  6m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29-50 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? ? 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion (older) Triple conversion (newer) Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W 180 mW max 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4.8V DC 11-16.6V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 199x Between 1999 and 200x Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 178 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.01 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 325 gr (11.5 oz) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 6 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Pre-programmed with police, highway patrol, sheriff, fire/EMS, DOT and news freqs for all
50 US states
Highway patrol mobile extender alarm
Weather scan
Band search
Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000007 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000180 ZUN-BCD996P2