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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.2 PPM ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.09-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 / 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
1st: 380.7 MHz
2nd: 10.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations All mode   - -
RF-output 7-150 W (AM: 3-50 W) ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 2007 and 200x Between 199x and 199x in USA
Dimensions 350 × 130 × 305 mm
(13.78 × 5.12 × 12.01 in)
480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
180 × 50 × 204 mm
(7.09 × 1.97 × 8.03 in)
Weight 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 1.03 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 150 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Trunking (800 Motorola I/II/III (1 trunking bank at a time)
5 list, 10 IDs, 50 per bank; 250 IDs total
ID delay
5 priority channels
9 service search bands
5 monitor memories
Direct search
Data skip
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000145 JRC-NRD-000630 20-195