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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Portable Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature ?
Tuning steps Continuous 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m 0.54-31 MHz in four bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included ?
Receiver system ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing) Single conversion, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
455 kHz
Image rejection ? 74 dB typical ?
Audio output ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   -
RF-output 1 W 1 - 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 9.5-14 V DC Mains (120 V AC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC)
Current RX 68 mA 550 mA ?
TX Max 600 mA 3 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 2011 and 20xx Between 1950 and 1955 in USA
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
BFO
Passive AVC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000006S TEN-TEC-000539 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072R