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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Precision RF Meter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 25 / 12.5 kHz N/A

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 146-174 / 350-390 / 400-520 MHz 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ≤ 0.251 µV / 0.282 µV N/A
Selectivity ? 65 dB N/A
Filters ? ? N/A
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 0.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 146-174 / 350-390 / 400-520 MHz 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   All mode  
RF-output 100-120W 5 / 4 / 2 W N/A

Connections

Antenna - - N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 7.4V, 1300mAh (Li-Ion) Mains or 12 V DC
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 201x and 201x in China Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
110 × 52 × 28 mm
(4.33 × 2.05 × 1.10 in)
140 × 60 × 120 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 4.72 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 250 gr (8.8 oz) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 HYTERA-TC-000518 HEATHKIT-HM-001002