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HF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld Aviation Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m 
Freq. stability ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C) ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
0.15-1500 MHz 150-2194 kHz / 76-137 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
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Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 65dB ?
Audio output ? 0.2W (8 ohm load) 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
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Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 360 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) ? -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC BNC + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU ? 6V DC (4 × LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x Between 199x and 200x Between 199x and 1996 in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 130 × 260 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 10.24 in)
? 90 × 179 × 50 mm
(3.54 × 7.05 × 1.97 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) ? 590 gr (1.3 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 computer interface -
Accessories ? ? -
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500CX WINRADIO-WR-001500E SONY-AIR-000008A