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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF Transceiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 15 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz (less cellular in the US) 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.8-148.2 MHz (USA)
0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? Better than 0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 15 kHz (-6 dB) / 30 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output 400 mW into 24 ohm internal speaker Internal speaker 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.8-148.2 MHz (USA)
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Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 2 / 45 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC (3R6/AA) 13.8 V DC Li-Ion
Current RX ? 600-750 mA ?
TX - 2.7-9.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 60 × 136 × 30 mm
(2.36 × 5.35 × 1.18 in)
140 × 50 × 222 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.74 in)
?
Weight 270 gr (9.5 oz) including batteries 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 90 channels/second 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features "Close call" RF capture technology
CTCSS / DCS
Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Alpha tags
Fire tone-out
Race track operation
Built-in ferrite bar for AM BC
PC programmable
SAME w/FIPS
? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BR-000330T ICOM-IC-000025H AOR-AR-DV000010