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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
QRP SDR HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  6m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 1.5 p.p.m. ± 0.5 p.p.m. with optional TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 100-173 / 350-469.95 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ -115 dBm / 0.11~0.89 μV
Selectivity ? ? SSB 2.3 kHz (-6 dB)
CW 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 8 ohm, 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 144-146 / 432-436 MHz 160-10 m
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
RF-output 2 W 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W 5-15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC ? 9-15 V DC
Current RX 68 mA ? 450 mA
TX Max 600 mA ? 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
65 × 92 × 38 mm
(2.56 × 3.62 × 1.50 in)
215 × 74 × 62 mm
(8.46 × 2.91 × 2.44 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 613 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX Spectrum waterfall display
Noise Reduction
Automatic notch filter
SWR-meter
Supply voltage meter
AF-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S ALAN-CT-000079 RISEN-RS-000918SSB