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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/6m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? TCXO ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? CW/SSB: 10 Hz, AM/FM/W-FM: 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 m VHF/UHF 0.3-56 MHz
Modulations AM   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 1 µV ? SSB/CW (10 dB S/N): 0.158 µV (1.8-30 MHz), 0.125 µV (50-54 MHz)
AM (10 dB S/N): 5 µV (0.5-1.8 MHz), 1.6 µV (1.8-30 MHz), 1.25 µV (50-54 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.35 µV (29 / 50-54 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 750 Hz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 3 kHz roofing filter
Receiver system XTAL ? Double / Triple Conversion Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 69.450 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz
3rd: 24 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB (HF/6 m), 60 dB (2/70 cm)
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) ? 2.5 W (@4 Ohms, 10% THD or less)

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m - 10-160m + WARC + 60m / 6m
Modulations AM   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 5 W ? FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 1.1 A (2 A max)
TX ? - 15 A (23 A max)

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
? 155 × 52 × 218 mm
(6.10 × 2.05 × 8.58 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000019-'TENER' RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002048 YAESU-FT-000891