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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Dual-band VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 0.53-30.15 / 88-108 MHz 0.54-30 / 30-79 / 76-108 / 108-137 / 137-174 / 174-222 / 222-470 / 470-800 / 800-999 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.63 µV (S+N/N=6dB) 0.18 µV - 3 µV
Selectivity ? AM 9.0 kHz, AM-N/SSB 4.0 kHz 12 kHz / 35 kHz
200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS Double conversion superheterodyne Double / Triple conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz (SW1)
2nd: 455 kHz (SW2)
FM: 10.7 MHz
47.25 MHz / 450 kHz
45.8 / 10.7 / 1 MHz
Image rejection ? 50-60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker 1 W 100 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - N-FM  
RF-output 2 W - 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 3 W

Connections

Antenna BNC Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep -
Impedance 50Ω 50-70Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 9 V DC or mains 3.7 V DC ± 15%, 1200 mA/h battery
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1978 and 1980 in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
453 × 184 × 227 mm
(17.83 × 7.24 × 8.94 in)
81 × 47 × 23 mm
(3.19 × 1.85 × 0.91 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs) including batteries ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 1300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S SONY-ICF-006700W ZASTONE-ZT-000002R