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Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Antenna tuner
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 118-136 / 144-174 / 420-512 MHz 1.8-54 MHz 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz)
Modulations AM   FM   - AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity VHF AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
VHF FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.8 MHz
2nd: 400 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-54 MHz 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations - All mode   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 12-14 V DC Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10%
Current RX 550-770 mA @ 13.8 VDC 0.5 A 2 / 7 A (heater off/on)
TX - 0.5 A 22 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 265 × 75 × 195 mm
(10.43 × 2.95 × 7.68 in)
180 × 40 × 177 mm
(7.09 × 1.57 × 6.97 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
Weight 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 640 gr (1.4 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 11 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 6146B final
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000220FB TOKYO-HY-POWER-HC-000100AT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020