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

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ±10 ppm 5-60 mins ±2 after 1 hour ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 0.15-0.4 / 0.525-1.61 / 3.2-30 / 88-108 MHz 76-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FAX   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV 1.6-30 MHz SSB/CW S+N/N=10dB ? 0.16µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity AUX (12 kHz)
WIDE > 4 kHz
INTER > 2 kHz
NARR > 1 kHz in "D"
[FM] > 12 kHz
? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.45399 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 97 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB (1.6 - 30 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 4 ohms ? 500mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 5W, UHF: 4W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws Built-in sweep SMA
Impedance 50 / 600Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains or 9V DC (6LR20 / D) 7.4V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1991 and 1998 Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions 330 × 130 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 11.02 in)
381 × 246 × 120 mm
(15.00 × 9.69 × 4.72 in)
59 × 119 × 37 mm
(2.32 × 4.69 × 1.46 in)
Weight 9.07 kg (20.0 lbs) 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) 246 gr (8.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 5 channels/second ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Speech synthesizer
DCS/CTCSS/DTMF
Stopwatch
PC-programmable
CE-compliant
Built-in flashlight
Alpha tags
Roger beep
VOX
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000535 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-DR-000029 WOUXUN-KG-UV000002D