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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Military Antenna tuner

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
? 11.525 MHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.5-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains ?
Current RX Max 750 mA ? ?
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 1993 and 19xx Between 1991 and 199x in RACAL BCC Ltd. in England
Dimensions 324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
120 × 160 × 75 mm
(4.72 × 6.30 × 2.95 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 993 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HR-001680 ICOM-IC-000707 CLANSMAN-PRC-000353