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

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±3.5 kHz from -40 to +60°C
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Channelized 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 25-30 MHz 26.000-69.950 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   - FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? better than 80 dB @ ±50 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW ? 50 mW into 600 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 25-30 MHz 26.000-69.950 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? 40 W 150 mW / 1 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 24V DC (21-29V DC, 32V max); 13.8V does also work 12 U2-cell batteries (NiCd)
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 60 mA (24V)
TX - ? 240 mA (24V)

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 2004 and 200x Between 196x and 19xx in Germany
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 167 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 6.57 in)
165 × 60 × 290 mm
(6.50 × 2.36 × 11.42 in)
359 × 270 × 125 mm
(14.13 × 10.63 × 4.92 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 12.80 kg (28.2 lbs) with antenna and batteries
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None 880 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Military communication
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME /wFIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Digital modulation board option (APCO 25)
Attenuator
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Recorder control
Radio cloning
AM/FM/SSB ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000785D MAGNUM-OMEGAFORCE-S000045 MILITARY-SEM-000035