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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 10m  ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 m 0.15-30 MHz 2-1100 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 1 µV ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 10 kHz to 500 kHz
Receiver system XTAL ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m - -
Modulations AM   - -
RF-output 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 196x in USA Between 1984 and 1990 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
? ?
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? Signal strength readout in dBm
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000019-'TENER' HEATHKIT-SW-007800 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008615