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HF/VHF Receiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 9 / 10 / 100 / 200 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-1.71 / 2.3-6.25 / 7.1-21.85 / 87.5-108.1 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 28-29.699 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 28-29.699 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output ? 1-20 W AM/FM: 4 W, SSB: 6 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3V DC (2R14/C) or 3V DC external 13.8V DC 9-13.2V DC
Current RX Max 300 mA ? ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
65 × 37 × 167 mm
(2.56 × 1.46 × 6.57 in)
Weight ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Portable Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-DX-000375 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) DRAGON-SS-000201