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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ±1 ppm after calibration Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz 0.01-30 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   APCO-25   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? 0.49 µV (SSB, S+N/N=10 dB, Preamp ON, Dither OFF) Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? Software Defined (>100 dB Stop Band Attenuation) AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? 0-1.7, 1.7-2.1, 2.1-3.0, 3.0-4.2, 4.2-6.0, 6.0-8.4, 8.4-12.0, 12-17, 17-24, 24-32 or OFF (0-40 MHz Wide-Band Mode) ?
Receiver system ? DSP Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 90 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC (3R6/AA) 5V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 700 mA 90 VA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 2007 and 20xx in Italy Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 70 × 11 × 32 mm
(2.76 × 0.43 × 1.26 in)
110 × 36 × 185 mm
(4.33 × 1.42 × 7.28 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) 380 gr (13.4 oz) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 6000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS. Tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS, SmartNet, SmartZone, Privacy Plus, SCAT and LTR. "Close call" RF capture technology USB 2.0 interface ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBCD000396T PERSEUS-SDR EDDYSTONE-000770R