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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 14-21 KHz / 0.085-30.3 MHz 140-174 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS 19 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output 2 W ? High: 50 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 60Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 196x and 196x in Germany Between 1990 and 199x
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
550 × 350 × 380 mm
(21.65 × 13.78 × 14.96 in)
160 × 50 × 180 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 7.09 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 35.00 kg (77.2 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None None 31 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-MX-000014S SIEMENS-000745-E310 YAESU-FT-002400