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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 0.2 PPM ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 10/10 W, Low: 1/1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX ? ? Max 900 mA
TX - - 1.5-4.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 1986 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000630 SONY-ICF-006800W STANDARD-C-006000