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

General

HAM bands 17m (WARC)  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 30-50 / 146-174 / 450-512 MHz (USA) 0.5-600 / 805-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ? Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS XTAL ?
IF-freqs. 11.2735 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 100 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 2 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5 V DC ? V 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external
Current RX 68 mA ? 80-100 mA
TX 620 mA max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries
Form factor Handheld Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000018S REGENCY-H-000604 FAIR-MATE-HP-000200E