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

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 440-450 MHz 68-88 / 118-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz (Europe)
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 68-88 MHz: ? µV
118-137 MHz: 2 µV
137-174 MHz: 1 µV
380-512 MHz: 1 µV
806-960 MHz: 2 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 257.5 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 440-450 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? 8 / 13 W
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 198x and 198x Between 199x and 199x in China (By GRE)
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
162 × 55 × 182 mm
(6.38 × 2.17 × 7.17 in)
216 × 82 × 171 mm
(8.50 × 3.23 × 6.73 in)
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III KDK-FM-007033 20-9461