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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? 5 / 25 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 30-50 / 144-174 / 410-512 MHz (USA) 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 2.5 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - BNC + NMO BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola) -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 700 mA max 1.7 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1988 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Unknown Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 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
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002009 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400