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HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps ? 12.5 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
144-146 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity ? ? 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
144-146 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 360 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 0.5 / 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. External PSU 12.5V DC 24V DC or mains
Current RX ? 150 mA max 36W
TX ? 1 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x Between 1985 and 19xx Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 130 × 260 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 10.24 in)
65 × 168 × 34 mm
(2.56 × 6.61 × 1.34 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 550 gr (1.2 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500CX YAESU-FT-000209RH JRC-NRD-000302A