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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands ? 6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 29-50 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion (older) Triple conversion (newer) SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX ? ? 20 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x Between 1994 and 199x Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 140 × 40 × 178 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.01 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 450 gr (15.9 oz) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 6 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Pre-programmed with police, highway patrol, sheriff, fire/EMS, DOT and news freqs for all
50 US states
Highway patrol mobile extender alarm
Weather scan
Band search
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HE-000040 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000007 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R