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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 10-100W (200W input), AM: 10-40W High: 2 W, Low: ? mW

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ?V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA ? ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 1983 and 19xx Between 1980 and 19xx
Dimensions 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
306 × 115 × 349 mm
(12.05 × 4.53 × 13.74 in)
?
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT ICOM-IC-000751 KENWOOD-TR-002400