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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 0.01-60 MHz 25.165-28.755 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ?
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6m 25.165-28.755 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W AM: 4 W, FM/SSB/CW: 12 W

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 10% Mains
Current RX Max 700 mA 1.5A ?
TX - 25A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 2006 and 20xx
Dimensions 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
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Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 360 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C SDR (Software Defined Radio) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000A MAGNUM-S-003200B