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Desktop Shortwave receiver
UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 3.4-30.2 MHz 430-440 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
Selectivity ? ? AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 13.8V DC Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1971 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1984 and 1996
Dimensions 405 × 178 × 356 mm
(15.94 × 7.01 × 14.02 in)
? 286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
Weight 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) ? 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 32 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? PBT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000215 ICOM-IC-000037 ICOM-IC-R000071E