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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 6-15V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? Max 590 mA 400-600 mA
TX - Max 1.9 A 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 308 × 155 × 254 mm
(12.13 × 6.10 × 10.00 in)
58 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 585 gr (1.3 lbs) with BP-100 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 69 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Triple RX ?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN HEATHKIT-MR-000001-'COMANCHE' ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001E ALINCO-DR-000735E