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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF Antenna Tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  2m  70cm  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 12.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 66-90 / 136-174 / 390-512 MHz (Europe)
30-50 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz (USA)
3.5-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity ? VHF Lo: 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
VHF Hi: 0.45 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? 15 kHz (-6 dB), 36 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) - 3.5-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - All mode  
RF-output 2 W ? 200 / 2000 W

Connections

Antenna BNC Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 12V DC No power required
Current RX 68 mA Max 250 mA ?
TX Max 600 mA - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1979 and 198x Between 1979 and 1983 in USA
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
140 × 60 × 230 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 9.06 in)
368 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.49 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S REGENCY-TOUCH-M000100 HEATHKIT-SA-002040