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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Professional HF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX Max 500 mA ? Max 60 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1973 and 1977 in Sweden
Dimensions 177 × 51 × 154 mm
(6.97 × 2.01 × 6.06 in)
? 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) ? 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 250 channels in 5 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. "Close call" RF capture technology ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBCT-000008 DRAKE-SW000002 SRT-CR000305