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Handheld VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ± 0.001 % ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz (thumb wheels) ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range Version A: 141-150 MHz
Version B: 146-155 MHz
Version C: 151-160 MHz
Version D: 156-165 MHz
Version E: 161-170 MHz
0.538-1.58 / 1.72-34 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 12 kHz @ -60 dB ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 100 mW into 8 ohm load at 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 2-30 MHz
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna 3.5mm jack - -
Impedance 50Ω 50/600 Ω 50Ω
Other Wire lead or mini-helical antenna to be connected to the ANT jack - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6 V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 25-100 mA 105 mA @ 280 V, 1.4 A @ 6.3 V 0.5 A
TX - - 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x in Japan Between 1955 and 1961 in USA Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 63 × 130 × 25 mm
(2.48 × 5.12 × 0.98 in)
469.9 × 226.06 × 279.4 mm
(18.50 × 8.90 × 11.00 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 200 gr (7.1 oz) 15.60 kg (34.4 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000022 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000100 YAESU-FT-000070