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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 40m  15m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz 25 MHz - 3 GHz 540-1600 kHz / 3-10 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM  
Sensitivity ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
20 mV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15 + 40m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 1/10 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15 V DC 12 - 16V DC Mains (105-125 V AC)
Current RX ? 500 mA 40 W
TX 3 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 1986 in Japan Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 1961 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
292 × 165 × 190 mm
(11.50 × 6.50 × 7.48 in)
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000010 AOR-SR-002200 HEATHKIT-EK-000002B