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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ?
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 ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) ?
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
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
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Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
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: ?
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 100 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in China
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
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Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225 YUPITERU-MVT-007100 CRKITS-KN-Q000010