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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 50 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ?
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.8 - 30 MHz
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10-15V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA ? ?
TX - - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 2006 in China (designed in Japan) Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 199x and 201x
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 195 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 7.68 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
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Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. CTCSS & DCS. RS-232. RS-232 ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000780XLT LOWE-HF-000250E YAESU-SYSTEM-000600