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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.54-55 MHz in five bands 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne 9 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 240 mW ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 1947 and 1951 in USA Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 167 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 6.57 in)
? 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME /wFIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Digital modulation board option (APCO 25)
Attenuator
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Recorder control
Radio cloning
? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000785D NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000057 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T