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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

Current value
EUR 237
USD 353 ~ USD 468
USD 120 ~ USD 149
Rating No reviews yet No reviews yet
HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33* / 9* / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-3305 MHz (less cellular in the US) 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity FM (12dB SINAD)
1.620– 4.999MHz 0.56μV
5.000– 221.999MHz 0.4μV
330.000– 832.999MHz 0.56μV
833.000– 1304.999MHz 0.71μV
1330.000–2304.999MHz 5.6μV
2330.000– 2999.999MHz 18μV

W-FM (12dB SINAD)
76.000– 108.000MHz 1.8μV
175.000– 221.999MHz 1.8μV
470.000– 769.999MHz 2.5μV

AM (10dB S/N)
0.495– 4.999MHz 2.2μV
5.000– 29.999MHz 1.4μV
118.000– 135.999MHz 1.4μV

SSB, CW 10dB S/N)
0.495– 4.999MHz 0.4μV
5.000– 29.999MHz 0.25μV
50.000– 53.999MHz 0.25μV
118.000– 146.999MHz 0.25μV
330.000– 469.999MHz 0.32μV
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Selectivity SSB, CW: > 1.8kHz/–6dB
AM, FM: > 12kHz/–6dB, < 30kHz/–60dB
W-FM: > 150kHz/–6dB
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne + down converter Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection 1st: 266.7 MHz, 429.1 MHz 2nd: 19.65 MHz 3rd: 450 kHz ?
Audio output 100mW typ. at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.7-4.5V DC (Re-chargeable Li-Ion battery pack or 3AA/R6 alkaline) or 6V DC ±5% (external) 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 35-150 mA 500 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 60 × 142 × 34.8 mm
(2.36 × 5.59 × 1.37 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) with antenna and BP-206 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 1250 channels in 1 bank(s) 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VSC. Internal ferrite bar antenna for MW reception. NB & ANL. CI-V. CTCSS & DCS decoder. Digital recorder up to 4 hours. Twin RX. 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
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R000020 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T