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Handheld Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
UHF-FM transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  160m  80m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.170-0.4 / 0.54-11.5 MHz in four bands 1600-4200 kHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? FM: 0.25 µV
FM-N: 0.35 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? > 2 W @ 10%

Transmitter

TX-range - - 400-470 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK  
RF-output ? ? 45/25/10 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic - SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 12 V DC or internal batteries 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 100-300 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1952 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
492 × 232 × 220 mm
(19.37 × 9.13 × 8.66 in)
145 × 47 × 190 mm
(5.71 × 1.85 × 7.48 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
12 crystal controlled frequencies Carrier/CTCSS/DCS/5Tone/2Tone/DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072L SAILOR-R000103 ALINCO-DR-000438