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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 136-174 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 180 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? 5.5 W max 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external 1130 mAh Li-Ion pack 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1997 and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 357 gr (12.6 oz) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 200 channels in bank(s) 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Service search
20 Search lockout freqs
Data skip
Trunktracker
300 steps per second (Turbo Search)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Backlit DTMF keypad
Weather alert
4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000235XLT KENWOOD-TH-K000020AT ICOM-IC-000705