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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
USB Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 17m (WARC)  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   FSK   AFSK   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS SDR RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. 11.2735 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 2 W ? 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5 V DC 5 V DC (USB) 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX 620 mA max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 201x and 20xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Dongle Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full-Speed USB 2.0 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN JIM-MX-000018S OPEN-SOURCE-YARD-STICK-ONE ICOM-IC-000705