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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 10-160 m (2m & 6m options)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 1.5 µV
50 MHz: 3 µV
144 MHz: 3 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 0.25 µV
50 MHz: 0.5 µV
144 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (60 dB)
FM: 20 kHz (-6 dB), 120 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? >50 dB
Audio output 2 W ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX Max 700 mA Max 1 A
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Alpha tags
Rotary control
Recorder control
Data skip
Auto store
Beep alert
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Accessories ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT KENWOOD-R-000599D