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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 15 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 143.8-148.2 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 143.8-148.2 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1 / 100 W High: 25 W, Low: 1 W SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 2 A Max 600 mA 4 A
TX 3-20 A Max 4.8 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
140 × 50 × 177 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.97 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 ICOM-IC-000025A ICOM-IC-000732