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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input)

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC ?V DC Separate PSU
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1971 Between 1969 and 1971 Between 1969 and 1969 in USA
Dimensions 440 × 260 × 130 mm
(17.32 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
440 × 260 × 130 mm
(17.32 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Band spread R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000210 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000210-AMATEUR HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III