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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave 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  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) - 100 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity 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 ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz)
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 100 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 90 W 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 10-140 mA - ?
TX - 225 W max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan Between 1962 and 196x in USA Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
333 × 159 × 305 mm
(13.11 × 6.26 × 12.01 in)
?
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second ? 62 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YUPITERU-MVT-007100 LAFAYETTE-KT-000390-STARFLITE TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586)