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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 240 mW, 8 ohm requires headphones / external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC battery, 12V DC external 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX 500 mA 30 W
TX - 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions 70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features 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 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T CLANSMAN-VRC-000321