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HF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Portable Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 15-80 m 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 0.54-31 MHz in four bands
Modulations CW   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
?
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15-80 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm -
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output 2.5 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains (120 V AC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC)
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX ? 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1983 in USA Between 2005 and 200x Between 1950 and 1955 in USA
Dimensions ? 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories ? 503 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
BFO
Passive AVC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000008 ICOM-IC-007000 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072R