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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80 m 150 kHz - 29.99999 MHz 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.25 µV
AM: 1 µV
FM: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW (W)/FSK: 2.7 / 4.5 kHz
CW (N): 0.6 / 1.3 kHz
AM: 6 / 18 kHz
FM: 15 / 30 kHz
(-6 dB / -60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 47.060 / 8.215 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion into 4 ohms 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output 20 W 100 W (AM: 25 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? 2 A 800 mA max
TX ? 19 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x in Philippines
Dimensions ? 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
200 × 147 × 48 mm
(7.87 × 5.79 × 1.89 in)
Weight ? 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 935 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 93 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Electronic Keyer
If Notch
IF Shift
Dual VFOs
Noise Blanker
100 Watts Output
Semi/Full Break-in CW
Attenuator
Speech Compressor
VOX
Electronic Keyer
Alpha-tags
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KANTRONICS-KT-000180 YAESU-FT-000757GX-II UNIDEN-BEARCAT-MR008100