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

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25kHz kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-824.8 / 849-869.8 / 896-960.8 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-148 / 438-450 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   FM  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ? ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m - 144-148 / 438-450 MHz
Modulations CW   - FM  
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W ? 1/10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 13.8 V DC
Current RX 35 mA ? 600 mA
TX 450 mA max - 3.4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 2010 and 201x in China Between 198x and 199x in Japan by Standard/Marantz
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
? 150 × 50 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 7.09 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum sweeper. Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I, II and hybrid analog, EDACS wide and LTR. Weather alert/SAME/FIPS/Skywarn. Alpha tags. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000310 HEATHKIT-HW-000024