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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ? 10 ppm (0 to 60 C) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz 2-20 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   N-AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity ? Mode 0.009-0.1 MHz 0.1-2 MHz 2-30 MHz
AM 9.0V 2.2V 0.9V
LSB, USB 3.0V 0.7V 0.3V
CW 1.2V 0.2V 0.1V
FM3, FM6, FMN 2.2V 0.4V 0.2V
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Selectivity ? AM 6 kHz
AMN 4 kHz
AMS 4 kHz
LSB, USB 2.5 kHz
CW 500 Hz
FM3 3 kHz
FM6 6 kHz
FMN 12 kHz
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Filters ? ? 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters.
Receiver system ? DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
601.3 kHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Drawn from ISA-bus 200-250V AC / 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 60 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 200x and 200x Between 194x and 19xx
Dimensions 65 × 153 × 45 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.77 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld PC-card Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Trunktracker III (EDACS, Motorola & E.F.Johnson) CTCSS/DCS. Alpha tags. APCO-25 digital option. PC-programmable DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC003300XLT WINRADIO-WR-G000303I MARCONI-R001475-RG44