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HF Receiver
Handheld Transceiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? 0.35 µV
Selectivity 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
? Software defined
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 12 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.5-15V DC or mains ? 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX Max 750 mA ? 410 mA max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
? 25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) ? 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AM/SSB Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HR-001680 HY-GAIN-HY-RANGE-V EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO