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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 146-148 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ≥ 0.4 µV (20 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) 16 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-50 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W / 8 ohm 200 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 146-148 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   -
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 13.8V DC 4.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA 400 mA ?
TX 450 mA max 2.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1975 and 197x in Japan Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
156 × 58 × 247 mm
(6.14 × 2.28 × 9.72 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 67 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 ? ? Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 ICOM-IC-000230 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200