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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 p.p.m. (or ± 500 Hz FM) ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 Hz (CW, SSB)
100 / 1000 Hz (AM, FM)
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Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 1.8-30 MHz (CW, SSB, AM): < 2.0 µV
20-30 MHz (FM, optional): < 0.32 µV
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Selectivity ? CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.8 kHz @ -60 dB
SSB, CW, AM: 2.2 kHz @ -6 dB, 5.0 kHz @ -60 dB
W-AM: 6 kHz @ -6 dB, 14 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 8 kHz @ -6 dB, 19 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM, optional)
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Image rejection ? 60-70 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W 180 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 1-100 W, AM: 1-25 W ?

Connections

Antenna Hi-Z SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8R20 13.8V DC ±10% 4.8V DC
Current RX 450-700 mA 1.2 A ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in Japan Between 1993 and 200x in Japan Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 370 × 130 × 240 mm
(14.57 × 5.12 × 9.45 in)
238 × 93 × 243 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.57 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in clock ? Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-DX-001000 YAESU-FT-000840 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000180