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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ?
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
?
Selectivity 2,2kHz / 1,4:1
3,5kHz / 1,38:1
4,5kHz / 1,53:1
7,0kHz / 1,41:1
? ?
Filters 2.2, 3.5, 4.5 and 7.0 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 100 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? ? 3.5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC ?
Current RX ? 10-140 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan Between 1979 and 198x
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
170 × 55 × 155 mm
(6.69 × 2.17 × 6.10 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225E YUPITERU-MVT-007100 ZODIAC-HIDER-000040