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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Precision RF Meter

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ? N/A

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 66-88 or 146-174 or 403-433 or 440-470 MHz depending on version 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? N/A
Selectivity ? ? N/A
Filters ? ? N/A
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 66-88 or 146-174 or 403-433 or 440-470 MHz depending on version 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   All mode  
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) 0.1/5 W N/A

Connections

Antenna SO-239 NMO N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
75 × 178 × 30 mm
(2.95 × 7.01 × 1.18 in)
140 × 60 × 120 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 4.72 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 654 gr (1.4 lbs) incl medium battery 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 MOTOROLA-MX003000 HEATHKIT-HM-001002