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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-43 MHz in four bands 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 1.6-12 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 2.4 kHz
Receiver system 8 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 240 mW, 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.6-12 MHz
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 3/15 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC + Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 24/12V DC, 110/220V AC, batteries
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 2004 and 20xx Between 1975 and 1988 in East Germany
Dimensions ? 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
374 × 110 × 390 mm
(14.72 × 4.33 × 15.35 in)
Weight ? 220 gr (7.8 oz) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 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 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000040B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T RFT-SEG-000015