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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 20m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-80 m + 30 m 25-512 / 758-824 / 850-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? ? 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-80 m + 30 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 2 W 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC ?V DC 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 68 mA 500 mA max ?
TX Max 600 mA 5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 1984 and 19xx in USA Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
250 × 101 × 290 mm
(9.84 × 3.98 × 11.42 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-MX-000014S TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000022-(579) UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCD000996XT