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Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than 500 cycles drift in first hour, after 15 minutes warm-up, and less than 100 cycles per hour thereafter
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands -
Modulations FM   AM   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL. Single Conversion Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W (AM 35 W)

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains (AC or DC) Mains (117 V AC, 50/60 cycles)
Current RX ? ? -
TX - - 350 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 1965 and 196x in USA
Dimensions ? ? 333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 18 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning ?
Accessories ? ? HA-16 VOX ADAPTOR
MPN COMMANDER-000134-O EDDYSTONE-000670A HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000046