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HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.900-149 MHz (USA)
10-80 m
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.900-149 MHz (USA)
10-80 m
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 200 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? 0.4-0.9 A ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1980 and 198x in Japan Between 1967 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
175 × 64 × 206 mm
(6.89 × 2.52 × 8.11 in)
?
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 15 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 KENWOOD-TR-007800 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500