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Handheld 10m Transceiver | DX Handy

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 138-156 MHz 28-29 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? 0.5 µV (15 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz ? 28-29 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - CW   SSB  
RF-output 100-120W ? 2 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9 V DC 8.4-9 V DC
Current RX 3 A - 70 mA
TX 20 A ? 620 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
64 × 190 × 57 mm
(2.52 × 7.48 × 2.24 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? 710 gr (1.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? RIT
NB
S/RF-meter
Built-in CW key
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 MFJ-000208 AEA-MX-000010