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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 10m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz 8-1300 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
Image rejection 65 dB ? 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB
Audio output ? 700 mW, 8 ohm 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15 % 12 V DC (4 × AA cells) From PCI interface
Current RX 0.5-1 A 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode ?
TX Max 6 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 1990 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 185 × 62 × 200 mm
(7.28 × 2.44 × 7.87 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ? 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld PC-card

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000100 YUPITERU-MVT-007000 WINRADIO-WR-G000313I