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HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range - 14-21 KHz / 0.085-30.3 MHz 138-200 / 300-500 / 800-1000 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 19 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W ? High: 5/5 W, Medium: 2/2 W, Low: 350/350 mW

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 60Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains 6-16V DC (7.2V DC nominal)
Current RX - ? 17-100 mA
TX 260 W max - Max 1.3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 196x and 196x in Germany Between 1989 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
550 × 350 × 380 mm
(21.65 × 13.78 × 14.96 in)
55 × 157 × 31 mm
(2.17 × 6.18 × 1.22 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) 35.00 kg (77.2 lbs) 450 gr (15.9 oz) Batteries & antenna included
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DTMF. CTCSS/PL. Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 SIEMENS-000745-E310 STANDARD-C-000528