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

General

HAM bands 6m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 25 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 400-479 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   AFSK   GMSK   DV   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
FM/NFM: ≥ -15 dBμ (at 12 dB SINAD)
DV: ≥ -11 dBμ (at BER 1%)
AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W 400 mW 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-450 MHz -
Modulations - FM   N-FM   AFSK   GMSK   DV   -
RF-output ? 0.1 - 5 W -

Connections

Antenna BNC + NMO SMA -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola) - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC battery or 10-16 V DC external Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX 700 mA max 200-450 mA 80 W
TX - 2.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 1302 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IP1X waterproof
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT ICOM-ID-000031A-PLUS EDDYSTONE-000730/8