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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup
Tuning steps Continuous 6 XTAL channels for Rx and Tx ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 m 143.9-148.3 MHz 15/20/40 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 1 µV ? less than 1 µV provides readable signal
Selectivity ? ? 2 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne, XTAL Direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m 143.9-148.3 MHz 15/20/40 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW  
RF-output 5 W 10 W 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 12.6-16 V DC 13V DC
Current RX ? ? 35 mA
TX ? ? 450 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 196x in USA Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1972 and 1975 in USA
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
210 × 70 × 251 mm
(8.27 × 2.76 × 9.88 in)
235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 6 channels in bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Tone burst encoder optional ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000019-'TENER' HEATHKIT-HW-000202 HEATHKIT-HW-000007