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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop LF/MF/VHF receiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 150-250 / 600-1550 kHz / 87.5-100 MHz 0.15-30 / 87.4-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 465 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W Requires external speaker 1.8 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC Clamps / screws Clamps / screws + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains, 12V DC or batteries (2×AA + 6×C)
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 15 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 195x and 195x in Great Britain Between 1983 and 198x in Taiwan
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
? 320 × 155 × 65 mm
(12.60 × 6.10 × 2.56 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None 12 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Recorder control
Data skip
Auto store
Beep alert
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT EDDYSTONE-000820 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-CR-002021