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General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-42 MHz in five bands 144-148 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 9 tubes XTAL SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 750 mW 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A
TX - ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 193x in USA Between 1960 and 1971 Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000009-SUPER-SKYRIDER HEATHKIT-HW-000030-'TWOER' FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700