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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 0.5-32 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 22 W max
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1950 and 1954 in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? ?
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
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT COLLINS-R-000390/URR HEATHKIT-HO-005404