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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 0.1-30 MHz 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-912 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 2 W 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC 13.8V DC 12V DC or mains
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1986 and 19xx in Japan Between 1985 and 198x
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
? 270 × 89 × 203 mm
(10.63 × 3.50 × 7.99 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ? 2.25 kg (5.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 40 channels in 2 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Weather
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S JRC-JST-000110D UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000800XLT