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Portable Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 80-10m 0.54-31 MHz in four bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? 4 kHz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? 1st: ?
2nd: ?
455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Via SP-190 speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 1 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50/75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC Mains or 12V DC Mains (120 V AC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC)
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 1950 and 1955 in USA
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ¼" Head. Jack, S-Meter, Preselector, AGC, NL, Calibrator, AGC, Q-Multiplier, Record Jack, Mute Line, RF Gain, HFO Output. BFO
Passive AVC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000006S RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-AX-000190 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072R