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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 10-80m ?
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S+S/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz @ 6 dB (1.8:1 shape factor) ?
Filters ? 9MHz crystal ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W External speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80m -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 550 W PEP, CW: 360 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains via CS550 Power Supplier / Speaker unit ?
Current RX Max 700 mA ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1969 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
152 × 280 × 330 mm
(5.98 × 11.02 × 12.99 in)
?
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second None 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Recorder control
Data skip
Auto store
Beep alert
? 10 crystal controlled channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT GALAXY-GT000550 LOWE-FS-000010