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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ? ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output - ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter) 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? ? 400-600 mA
TX - - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Portable Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Quartz clock/timer PC-controllable (Serial DB9) ?
Accessories ? AC-E60HG AC adapter EJ-47U DV option
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 SONY-ICF-SC000001-PC ALINCO-DR-000735T