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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 10 m 0.15-30 / 87.6-108 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 10 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 2 W 20 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 13.8V DC 6V DC or 4×AA cells
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 198x and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 191 × 120 × 32 mm
(7.52 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 624 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 100 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000028S KANTRONICS-KT-000110 SONY-ICF-007600GR