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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-32 MHz in 5 bands 15/20/40 m 15-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW  
Sensitivity Broadcast band: 10 µV (10 dB SN)
Short wave bands: 2 µV (10 dB SN)
less than 1 µV provides readable signal ?
Selectivity ± 3 kHz (-6 dB) 2 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Direct conversion ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 400 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 15/20/40 m 15-80 m
Modulations - CW   CW  
RF-output - 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W 2.5 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in telescopic BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC or 6 × C cells 13V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA 35 mA ?
TX - 450 mA max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1976 and 1983 in USA
Dimensions 305 × 175 × 254 mm
(12.01 × 6.89 × 10.00 in)
235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
?
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-GC-000001 'MOHICAN' HEATHKIT-HW-000007 HEATHKIT-HW-000008