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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Monitoring Scope / Scanalyzer

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 160-6 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 28 V DC Mains (120-240 V AC)
Current RX 500 mA 3 A max ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
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Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T MILITARY-BC-000348 HEATHKIT-SB-000620