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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   SSB  
RF-output 2 W 1-20 W 12 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 13.8V DC ?
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1972 and 1976 in Asia
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
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Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-MX-000014S TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) PACE-SIDETALK-001000M