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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output 500mW max 0.75 W 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 75/400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or NiCd battery (7.2V) Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 7.4 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 19xx in Philippines Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 68 × 200 × 34 mm
(2.68 × 7.87 × 1.34 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 390 gr (13.8 oz) ? 214 gr (7.6 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second None 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Flashlight
ANI (Caller ID)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000100XLT EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 WOUXUN-KG-000816