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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 1-20 MHz in 5 bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superhet with RF-stage SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 460 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 0.05 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna BNC Proprietary (military) BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 12 / 24 V DC, 110 / 120 V AC depending on version 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX Max 500 mA ? 1.7 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1951 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 177 × 51 × 154 mm
(6.97 × 2.01 × 6.06 in)
310 × 215 × 230 mm
(12.20 × 8.46 × 9.06 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 10.50 kg (23.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 250 channels in 5 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. "Close call" RF capture technology ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBCT-000008 MILITARY-R000209 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M