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VHF Transceiver
Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
0.531-1320 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
?
Selectivity ? FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ?
Audio output ? 2 W internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W - ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains ?V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions ? 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
60 × 120 × 32 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
Weight ? 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz)
Form factor Unknown Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Quartz clock/timer Speech descrambler
Clock / alarm / on-off timer
Green/orange LCD backlight
Data cloning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000232 SONY-CRF-000320 YUPITERU-MVT-007300