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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF/VHF/UHF SDR-receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  20m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-20 MHz (coils FB A-E)
0.8-34 MHz (coils FB AA-F)
20-160 m (bandspread coils AB 20-160)
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.5-30 / 64-260 / 437-512 MHz
(0.15-500 kHz with limitations)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? HF: 0.125 µV (MDS)
108-150 MHz: 2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 11.2-2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? HF: 500 Hz
108-150 MHz: 15 kHz
UHF: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne DSP / Single / Double conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External speaker / headphones required 240 mW, 8 ohm 0.8 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC + Hi-Z
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 6-18 V DC or internal Li-ion battery
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1933 and 1934 in USA Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA by Aerostream
Dimensions ? 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
143 × 62 × 155 mm
(5.63 × 2.44 × 6.10 in)
Weight ? 220 gr (7.8 oz) 794 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 64 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
OLED-display, 1.5" (64*128 pixels)
I-Q sampling / 32-bit DSP
HF-Spectrum Scope
PC programmable
Mini-USB jack (software update and battery charging)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-FB-000007 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T COMMRADIO-CR-000001