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HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? 5 kHz (-50 dB), 1.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? >50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   -
RF-output 100-120W High: 5 / 1 W, Low: 0.5 / 0.1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-16V DC Mains
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 196x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 330.2 × 152.4 × 260.35 mm
(13.00 × 6.00 × 10.25 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 KENWOOD-TH-000089 SOMMERKAMP-FR-000050B