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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1.705 GHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks 500 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external Li-Ion 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 500 mA ? 170 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2017 and 201x in Japan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
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)
Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T AOR-AR-DV000010 WHISTLER-WS001080