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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 17m (WARC)  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m 0.1-30 / 48-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? ?
IF-freqs. 11.2735 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC/ 6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 2 W 10 W 7-150 W (AM: 3-50 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.5 V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX 620 mA max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 1995 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
350 × 130 × 305 mm
(13.78 × 5.12 × 12.01 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 11 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full QSK ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000018S JRC-JST-000100S JRC-JST-000245