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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   AFSK   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? FM/NFM: ≥ -15 dBμ (at 12 dB SINAD)
DV: ≥ -11 dBμ (at BER 1%)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, 5 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 200 mW max 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   AFSK   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? ? 0.1 - 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 4.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC battery or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1957 in USA Between 1999 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 280 × 178 × 178 mm
(11.02 × 7.01 × 7.01 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 325 gr (11.5 oz) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1302 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
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IP1X waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-SW-000054 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200 ICOM-ID-000031A-PLUS