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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? None  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  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) 30-50 / 148-174 / 450-512 MHz 0.03-56 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-56 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.16 µV
Selectivity ? ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 10 kHz roofing
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 / 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC 13.8V DC +/-10%
Current RX Max 700 mA ? 1 A (squelched)
TX - - Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2007 and 2010
Dimensions 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
? 223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) ? 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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
? IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000780XLT RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-000040 YAESU-FT-000450AT