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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Keyer / CW-keyboard
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 40m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 7-7.3 MHz (25 kHz per XTAL) - 25-88 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? VHF: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: ~380 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 490 mW at ?% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 7-7.3 MHz (25 kHz per XTAL) ? -
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   -
RF-output Max 2 W ? -

Connections

Antenna BNC RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 9 V battery or mains 2.4-3 V DC (2×R6/AA NiMH or Alkaline batteries) or 6 V DC external
Current RX 68 mA - 110-310 mA
TX Max 600 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 68 × 115 × 32 mm
(2.68 × 4.53 × 1.26 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 165 gr (5.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? "Close Call" RF capture
Backlit display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000007S CURTIS-ELECTRO-DEVICES-EK-000480 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000093XLT