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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-148 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity ? +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 1 / 10 W AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 40-60Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC +/-10% Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX Max 700 mA 500 mA ?
TX - 1-2.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 2006 in China (designed in Japan) Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 177 × 72 × 195 mm
(6.97 × 2.83 × 7.68 in)
180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. CTCSS & DCS. RS-232. Digital display
Die cast front panel
Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000780XLT YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500