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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz 25-88 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD VHF: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: ~380 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion 490 mW at ?% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   -
RF-output 150 W -

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC 2.4-3 V DC (2×R6/AA NiMH or Alkaline batteries) or 6 V DC external
Current RX 1.5 A max 110-310 mA
TX 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
68 × 115 × 32 mm
(2.68 × 4.53 × 1.26 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 165 gr (5.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
"Close Call" RF capture
Backlit display
Accessories SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ?
MPN SEA-000235 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000093XLT