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

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 25 / 50 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 25-88 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.15 µV 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) VHF: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.4 kHz (300/500 Hz optional) + audio filters ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 21.4 MHz / 455 kHz ? 1st: ~380 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker, ext. speaker via jack ? 490 mW at ?% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 1 / 10 W 200 W -

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 12V DC 2.4-3 V DC (2×R6/AA NiMH or Alkaline batteries) or 6 V DC external
Current RX 600 mA ? 110-310 mA
TX 4.5 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1980 and 1982 Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 168 × 58 × 240 mm
(6.61 × 2.28 × 9.45 in)
295 × 120 × 381 mm
(11.61 × 4.72 × 15.00 in)
68 × 115 × 32 mm
(2.68 × 4.53 × 1.26 in)
Weight 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 165 gr (5.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? "Close Call" RF capture
Backlit display
Accessories MP-716 microphone ? ?
MPN STANDARD-C-007800 TEN-TEC-DELTA-(000580) UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000093XLT