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Portable MF Receiver
HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 540-1600 kHz - 10-80 m
Modulations AM   - CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-80 m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (120-240 V AC) External high-voltage power supply
Current RX 0 A - ?
TX - 260 W max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 19xx in USA Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions ? 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight ? 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Portable Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-CR-000001 HEATHKIT-SB-000401 HEATHKIT-HW-000100