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HF/VHF Receiver
HF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.900-149 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.900-149 MHz (USA)
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 11.5-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 750 mA 0.4-0.9 A
TX - - Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 1980 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
175 × 64 × 206 mm
(6.89 × 2.52 × 8.11 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) None 15 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 HEATHKIT-HR-001680 KENWOOD-TR-007800