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Portable MF Receiver
HF Receiver | Solid state
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 540-1600 kHz 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (110/220 V AC) External high-voltage power supply
Current RX 0 A ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 19xx in USA Between 1971 and 1982 in USA Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions ? 368 × 148 × 203 mm
(14.49 × 5.83 × 7.99 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight ? 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? BFO
S-Meter
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-CR-000001 HEATHKIT-SW-000717 HEATHKIT-HW-000100