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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 0.01-3000 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N, BW: 6 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.5 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.56 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.36 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 15 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.28 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.32 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.22 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 220 kHz)
90-150 MHz: 1.12 µV
400-700 MHz: 1.25 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.9 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N, BW: 3 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.25 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.23 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.14 µV
1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 & 220 kHz (500 Hz optional) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 622 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 180 mW max 1.7 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + N-type SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? 1 A 22 W max
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x Between 199x and 2008 in Japan Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
217 × 100 × 260 mm
(8.54 × 3.94 × 10.24 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 325 gr (11.5 oz) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
AFC and NB
Alpha tags
EEPROM storage
Five VFO's
Clock and sleep timer
10.7 MHz IF output
Discriminator output
RS232C
?
Accessories ? 4-way external antenna switch
Tape recording cable
CTCSS unit
25-1300 MHz discone antenna
12 V cable
Voice inverter unit
30 kHz to 2 GHz ultra wideband antenna
Collins 2.5 kHz mechanical SSB filter
Collins 6 kHz mechanical AM filter
Collins 500 Hz mechanical CW filter
RS232C cable, 25 pin
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MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000180 AOR-AR-005000A HEATHKIT-HO-005404