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Portable SW Receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.525-1.61 / 3.9-28 / 87.5-108 MHz 0.55-32 MHz in 5 bands 28.0-29.7 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity FM: 2 µV
MW: 14 µV
SW: 0.5 µV
Broadcast band: 10 µV (10 dB SN)
Short wave bands: 2 µV (10 dB SN)
AM/FM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ± 3 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system Double Superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/SW 1st: 1.985 MHz
SW 2nd: 455 kHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output 3W max, 8 ohm 400 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 28.0-29.7 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output - - AM/FM 1 / 4 W, SSB: 1 / 7 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic Clamps / screws + Built-in telescopic BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 4LR20 / D 12 V DC or 8 × C cells 7.2-13.8 V DC
Current RX 7W 35 mA 50 mA
TX - - 1.2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan Between 1962 and 1968 in USA Between 200x and 20xx
Dimensions 305 × 200 × 100 mm
(12.01 × 7.87 × 3.94 in)
305 × 175 × 254 mm
(12.01 × 6.89 × 10.00 in)
63 × 169 × 39 mm
(2.48 × 6.65 × 1.54 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) without batteries 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 400 gr (14.1 oz)
Form factor Portable Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - ? ?
Accessories - ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-DR-000022 HEATHKIT-GC-000001A-'MOHICAN' ALBRECHT-AE-000201S