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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Single Band Transverter

General

HAM bands 80m  160m  80m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 15 kHz to 4 MHz in five bands (15-40 kHz / 100-250 kHz / 245-645 kHz / 0.635-1.65 MHz / 1.55-4 MHz) ?
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   -
Sensitivity ? CW, Narrow filter (10 dB S/N)
15 kHz: 30 µV
40 kHz: 4 µV
100 kHz: 5 µV
250 kHz: 5 µV
645 kHz: 4 µV
1.65 MHz: 1 µV
4 MHz: 1 µV
?
Selectivity ? Wide: 8 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-40 dB)
Intermediate: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-40 dB)
Narrow: 1 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-40 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS Single conversion superheterodyne (Band 1, 2 and 3) Double conversion superheterodyne (Band 4 and 5) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 85 kHz / 4.5 MHz
2nd: 85 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) - ?
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 2 W ? 120 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 75-600Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC Mains or 24 V DC (with ext. power unit) 13.8 V DC
Current RX 68 mA 65 W ?
TX Max 600 mA - 12 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1953 and 1964 in United Kingdom Between 20xx and 20xx in Brazil
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
454 × 286 × 464 mm
(17.87 × 11.26 × 18.27 in)
170 × 70 × 235 mm
(6.69 × 2.76 × 9.25 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 1.93 kg (4.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S MARCONI-MERCURY ZAMIN-TR000200