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

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  None 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period +/-15 Hz (below 23 MHz, at -30°C ~ +60°C)
Tuning steps ? 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
*0.50000~1.79999 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 6.3 µV, AM 30 µV

*1.80000~30.0000 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 0.5 µV, AM 3.16 µV (For 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
SSB 2.3 kHz/-6 dB, 4.2 kHz/-60 dB
AM 6 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
CW, FSK 500 Hz/-6 dB, 1.6 kHz/-60 dB* (*with optional FL-32A CW and RTTY Narrow Filter
Filters ? 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? SSB - 1st 69.0115, 2nd 9.0115
CW, FSK - 1st 69.0106, 2nd 9.0106
AM - 1st 69.0100, 2nd 9.0100 (Unit: MHz)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 200 mW max Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker 5 W internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 2–3 / 4–5 / 6–7 / 8–9 / 12–14 / 16-17 / 18–19 / 22–23 / 25–26 MHz (Approx)
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 150 W max (60 W above 23 MHz)

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC) 13.6 V DC
Current RX ? 60-90 VA 2 A max
TX - - 30 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
287 × 112 × 62 mm
(11.30 × 4.41 × 2.44 in)
Weight 325 gr (11.5 oz) 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 1005 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Marine / Navy
Features Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200 RACAL-RA-001778 ICOM-IC-M000810