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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 0.2-0.4 / 1-30 MHz 28-29.7 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) - 28-29.7 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output 2 W ? High: 50 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 500Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC Mains 230/115 VAC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 68 mA ? Max 300 mA
TX Max 600 mA - Max 10 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 200x and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 140 × 50 × 205 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.07 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-MX-000014S NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000002-40CS AZDEN-PCS-007800H