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

General

HAM bands 6m  6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1.6 MHz / 75 / 49 / 31 / 25 / 19 m / 88-108 MHz 66-88 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz)
Modulations AM   W-FM   AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? 210 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep BNC SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10%
Current RX Max 40 mA ? 2 / 7 A (heater off/on)
TX - - 22 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1982 in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 180 × 120 × 35 mm
(7.09 × 4.72 × 1.38 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
Weight 640 gr (1.4 lbs) including batteries 357 gr (12.6 oz) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Tracks Motorola Type I, Type II Hybrid, SMARTNET, PRIVACY PLUS and EDACS
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
PC programmable (RS-232)
6146B final
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-007600W UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000245XLT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020