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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ? ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 200 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   -
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W High: 1.5-5 / 1.5-5 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 / 0.5 W, El: 30 / 30 mW ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 5.5-16V DC 4.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA Max 80 mA ?
TX 450 mA max Max 1.8 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1994 and 19xx Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
56 × 1295 × 245 mm
(2.20 × 50.98 × 9.65 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) with PB-32, antenna, handstrap and belt hook 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 80 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 KENWOOD-TH-000079E UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200