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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 136-174 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) 70 dB ?
Filters ? ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz)
Receiver system Direct conversion ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W High: 45 W, Low: 10 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15 % 13.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA ? ?
TX 450 mA max 4-8 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1998 and 20xx Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
142 × 42 × 160 mm
(5.59 × 1.65 × 6.30 in)
?
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 62 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS and DTMF Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-HTX-000242 TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586)