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

General

HAM bands 17m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m 
Freq. stability Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 27.425-27.495 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. 11.2735 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 27.425-27.495 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 2 W 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.5 V DC ? 13.8V DC
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX 620 mA max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 1989 and 199x Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
70 × 200 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 7.87 × 1.73 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 890 gr (2.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000018S ZODIAC-P-003206 AOR-AR-003000AB