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

General

HAM bands ? ? 6m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ± 10 x10-6 or better ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 0.1-30 MHz (108-174 MHz option: VC-20) 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal 0.25 µV 1.8-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) AM: 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
FM: 12.0 kHz
?
Filters ? 1st: 58.1125 MHz 2nd: 8.83 MHz 3rd: 455 kHz (FM) ?
Receiver system Direct conversion Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >80 dB (1.8 - 30 MHz) ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 200 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m - -
Modulations CW   - -
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Hi-Z BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/500 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 13.8V DC or mains 4.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA Max 2 A ?
TX 450 mA max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1987 and 1996 in Japan Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 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 ? AGC
Attenuator
Carry Handle
Dial Lock
Dimmer
Dual Clock-Timer
Dual NB
Dual VFOs
IF Shift
Mute Terminals
Notch
Record Activation
Record Jack
S-Meter
Scan
Squelch
Sweep
Tilt Bar
Tone Control
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-R-005000 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200