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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz in four bands 20-80 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   CW  
Sensitivity AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM ca. 0,5 μV
FM ca. 1,2 μV
?
Selectivity 4 kHz, shape factor <2 4 / 10 / 50 kHz @ -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 10 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection Better than 35 dB ? ?
Audio output ? Requires headphones or external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1-6.9 MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? 3 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains Mains (220 V AC) Mains
Current RX ? 16 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 197x in Japan Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 195x and 196x in USA
Dimensions 360 × 160 × 220 mm
(14.17 × 6.30 × 8.66 in)
483 × 90 × 478 mm
(19.02 × 3.54 × 18.82 in)
480 × 270 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 10.63 × 15.94 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 20.85 kg (46.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Marine / Navy
Features Noise limiter, BFO. ? ?
Accessories ? DRO-290 Digital Nixie-tube display ?
MPN MINIX-MR-000073B WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-000521A-1 TMC-XKF