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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.03 %
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/ 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC and 60 m / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC 8 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15 % 8Li-Ion / R6/AA or 13.8V DC external 13.8 V DC
Current RX 0.5-1 A ? ?
TX Max 6 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 2004 and 200x Between 198x and 198x in Taiwan
Dimensions 185 × 62 × 200 mm
(7.28 × 2.44 × 7.87 in)
? 160 × 55 × 200 mm
(6.30 × 2.17 × 7.87 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ? 1.76 kg (3.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 80 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready. ANL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000100 YAESU-FT-000817ND PRESIDENT-PULSER-000800