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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Scanner / receiver
Shortwave SDR Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 142-170 MHz 0.85-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) AM : 0.5V (S/N 10db) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD 60 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 3.68v Internal (3 x AA nicads), 12v dc external 5 V DC (via USB)
Current RX ? ? 320 mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 200x and 20xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
58 × 127 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 5.00 × 1.42 in)
185 × 38 × 110 mm
(7.28 × 1.50 × 4.33 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 207 gr (7.3 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 YUPITERU-VT-000150 CROSS-COUNTRY-WIRELESS-SDR-000004