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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 100 Hz or less after 30 minutes
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 0.15-30 / 76-108 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.3µV S/N 10dB or more
AM: 1µV S/N 6dB or more
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.6kHz (-6dB) 1.6kHz (-60dB)
AM: 2.4kHz (-6dB) 4.5kHz (-60dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS Superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 9MHz
Image rejection ? ? >60dB
Audio output ? 1.8 W 3W (10% distortion)

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) - 160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 2 W ? SSB/CW: 280W, AM: 80W

Connections

Antenna - Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50/100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 4.5 V DC (3LR20) 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX 68 mA ? 70W max
TX Max 600 mA - 320W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
325 × 173 × 56 mm
(12.80 × 6.81 × 2.20 in)
334 × 322 × 153 mm
(13.15 × 12.68 × 6.02 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000028S SONY-ICF-002001 NEC-CQ-000110