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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2 m (200 kHz per XTAL) 10-80 m 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? ? Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 4 XTALS ? conversion superheterodyne DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ.
Audio output ? ? 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range 2 m (200 kHz per XTAL) 10-80 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 1 W 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC Drawn from PCI interface
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan Between 1980 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station PC-card

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-SB-000002X SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000150 WINRADIO-WR-G000315I