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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  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

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 138-174 MHz 0.2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 20 µV
2-30 MHz: 2 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 0.2-2 MHz: 5 µV
2-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? AM Wide: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
AM Narrow: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low 3: 2.5 W, Low 2: 500 mW, Low 1: 20 mW ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/1000Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6-16V DC Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1)
Current RX Max 700 mA 16-150 mA ?
TX - Max 1.4 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1992 and 199x Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
58 × 91 × 30 mm
(2.28 × 3.58 × 1.18 in)
300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 260 gr (9.2 oz) with BP-121 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? None
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
? 12hr clock and timer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT ICOM-IC-000002IE KENWOOD-R-001000