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

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.001% < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 24-32 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? AM / CW: 0.5 µV for 10 dB SINAD
FM: 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
SSB: 0.15 µV for 10 dB SINAD
≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Microprocessor / Phase-Locked-Loop Synthesizer ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 65 dB ?
Audio output 200 mW max 2.5 Watts @ 10% THD into 8 W 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 24-32 MHz
10 / 12 m
10-80 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? AM/FM/CW: 2-10 W, SSB: 25 W PEP 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains External high-voltage power supply
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - 8 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x Between 2011 and 201x Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
285 × 110 × 335 mm
(11.22 × 4.33 × 13.19 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 325 gr (11.5 oz) ? 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 99 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
NB / ANL
Split frequency
Programmable Repeater Offset
Roger beep
Echo chamber
4.3" TFT LCD display
Clock / calendar
Soft buttons
USB-socket with picture viewer and background image loader
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200 RANGER-RHF-000618 HEATHKIT-HW-000100