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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) 141-149.995 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
0.22 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 2195 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
21.40 MHz
455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 100 mW 2.5 W into 8 ohm @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 25 W, Low: 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 10-140 mA ?
TX - - 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 419 × 254 × 254 mm
(16.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
140 × 40 × 124 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 4.88 in)
Weight ? 320 gr (11.3 oz) 700 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RME-004350A YUPITERU-MVT-007100 DRAGON-SY-000550