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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 140-174 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ? ?
Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low: ? mW 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or internal batteries ?V DC 9-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 550 mA
TX - ? 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 1991 and 199x Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
? 180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225 YAESU-FT-000026 XIEGU-X006100