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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (less cellular in the US) 160-10 m + WARC 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 9.00165 MHz 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm 3 W into 4 Ohms 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW  
RF-output ? 100 W on all bands 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC battery, 12V DC external 12-14V DC 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? 1.8 A 55 mA
TX - 20 A max 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 65 × 153 × 45 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.77 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS
APCO25 digital capable
Tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
PC programmable
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
Alpha tags
Rotary frequency dial
Backlit display
Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000296D SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 YOUKITS-HB-000001A