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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.1-1999.8 MHz 143.8-148.2 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-5 MHz: 3.2 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 6.3 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 1.4 µV
1000-1240 MHz: 4 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 2 µV
1300-1600 MHz: 4 µV
1600-2000 MHz: 5.6 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1240 MHz: 1 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
1300-1600 MHz: 1 µV
1600-2000 MHz: 1.4 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 1.4 µV
1000-1240 MHz: 4 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 2 µV
1300-1600 MHz: 4 µV
1600-2000 MHz: 5.6 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.5 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.32 µV
1000-1240 MHz: 0.63 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.32 µV
1300-1600 MHz: 0.63 µV
1600-2000 MHz: 1 µV
FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB)
FM
15 kHz (-6 dB)
W-FM
150 kHz (-6 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output 240 mW Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 143.8-148.2 MHz
Modulations - - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 10 / 1 W

Connections

Antenna BNC N-type + RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC, 13.8V DC Mains or 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 700-900 mA
TX - - 1.6-5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x Between 1999 and 200x in Japan Between 1982 and 19xx
Dimensions 177 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.97 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
424 × 150 × 365 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 14.37 in)
170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
Weight 1.44 kg (3.2 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 5 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features APCO25 option
Alpha tags
Attenuator
Auto hold
Auto store
Backlit display
Beep alert
CTCSS / DCS
Data skip
PC programmable
Radio cloning
Rotary control
SAME w/FIPS
Service Search
Tape Recorder control
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi and EDACS and LTR
Same as model E, but with color LCD instead. DTMF-mike. Dual VFO's and scanning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000796D ICOM-IC-R009000L ICOM-IC-000290A