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Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 100-180 / 300-500 / 800-1000 MHz 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO. Max 2 XTALS ? Blanc-tone receiver
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 2 W High: 5/5 W, Low: ?/? W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.5V DC ?V DC ?
Current RX 68 mA ? ?
TX Max 600 mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1992 and 199x Between 2013 and 201x in Switzerland
Dimensions 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
50 × 134 × 41 mm
(1.97 × 5.28 × 1.61 in)
300 × 110 × 180 mm
(11.81 × 4.33 × 7.09 in)
Weight 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 400 gr (14.1 oz) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JIM-MX-000003.5S KENWOOD-TH-000078E STAMPFL-MINI-SWRX