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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 40m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 20 / 100 / 0.5 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 100 kHz - 29.9999 MHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? 100 kHz to 2 MHz
AM 2 µV
SSB .5 µV

2 MHz to 30 MHz
AM 1 µV
SSB .5 µV max

10db(S+N/N)
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 45 MHz 8 kHz BW
455 Khz (AM) 6 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? 6 kHz AM and 2.4 kHz SSB ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 watts into 8 ohm 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations CW   - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output 1 W ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.6V DC 12V DC / 10 AA cells 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? 350-600 mA 400-600 mA
TX ? - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 200x in Japan Between 200x and 20xx Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 210 × 65 × 195 mm
(8.27 × 2.56 × 7.68 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 6-digit LCD display
Analog S-Meter
455kHz IF output
?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN MIZUHO-P-000007DX PALSTAR-RC000030 ALINCO-DR-000735E