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

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 / 76-108 MHz 20 m 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity ? 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ?
Filters ? ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system ? Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? 6.14 MHz 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 20 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 3W 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC (4LR14) 12-14V DC Mains
Current RX ? 35-80mA ?
TX - 800mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1991 and 19xx Between 19xx and 20xx Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 290 × 160 × 50 mm
(11.42 × 6.30 × 1.97 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 162 channels in bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-SW000077 TEN-TEC-001320 YAESU-FTDX005000MP