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High performance Shortwave receiver
Dual-band VHF/UHF transceiver
Handheld Aviation Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  1.25m  70cm  160m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 10 kHz 25 / 12.5 kHz 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-30 MHz 136-174 / 245-246 or 400-480 MHz 150-2194 kHz / 76-137 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ≤ 0.25 / 0.28μV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ≤ 0.5W 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 / 245-246 or 400-480 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 4-5 W -

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 7.2 V DC (2000 mAh Li-ion) 6V DC (4 × LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 199x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in China Between 199x and 1996 in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
117 × 57 × 34 mm
(4.61 × 2.24 × 1.34 in)
90 × 179 × 50 mm
(3.54 × 7.05 × 1.97 in)
Weight 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz) 590 gr (1.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Audio and RF/IF ? -
Accessories ? ? -
MPN WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2 QUANSHENG-TG-000620 SONY-AIR-000008A