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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
DIGITAL SCANNER RADIO
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 29-50 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (excl. cellular) 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   DMR   P25   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? FM (12 dB SINAD unless otherwise noted)
VHF Low: 0.2 µV
VHF Aircraft (AM): 0.4 µV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF Low 300-406: 0.8 µV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV
1240 -1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion (older) Triple conversion (newer) Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W Built-in 36 mm 8 Ohms dynamic speaker 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC DC 4.8-6 Volts (4 AA batteries) or 5 V DC USB 11-16.6V DC
Current RX ? 170 mA typical ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 199x Between 2016 and 20xx in USA Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 178 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.01 in)
135 × 67 × 28 mm
(5.31 × 2.64 × 1.10 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) Without antenna and batteries 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 6 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1000000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Pre-programmed with police, highway patrol, sheriff, fire/EMS, DOT and news freqs for all
50 US states
Highway patrol mobile extender alarm
Weather scan
Band search
• Functional keypad and backlit LCD display
• USA/Canada Radio Reference database on SD Card
• Quick Location based Programming (City, Zip,
County)
• Detects and masks encrypted voice audio
• Decodes Radio ID/Talkgroup ID data
• Upgradeable CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware and
Database Library
• USB Interface 2.0 or earlier
• DMR/MotoTRBO™ Tier II
• Improved P25 Functionality (Phase II, X2-TDMA)
• PC Software to customize your settings
• Signal Strength Meter
• 200 Scanlists
• Weather Radio Function
CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000007 WHISTLER-TRX-000001 ZUN-BCD996P2