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

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 14 kHz - 30 MHz 136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity ? 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
< 0.3 uV (12 dB SINAD) ETS
Selectivity ? 50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? > 80 dB ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 1-25 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 10.8-15.6 VDC
Current RX Max 700 mA ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 199x and 20xx
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
? 176 × 56 × 177 mm
(6.93 × 2.20 × 6.97 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Recorder control
Data skip
Auto store
Beep alert
? Voice encryption and trunking options
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT RFT-EKD-000100 MOTOROLA-GM-000340