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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 160-10 m + WARC 108-137 / 137-174 / 174-400 / 400-480 / 480-999 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM Stereo  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N AM (10 dB S/N)
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV

FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
150-174 MHz: 0.25 µV
174-222 MHz: 0.3 µV
222-300 MHz: 0.25 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV
336-420 MHz: 0.25 µV
420-520 MHz: 0.2 µV
800-900 MHz: 0.4 µV
900-1000 MHz: 0.8 µV
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
AM / FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 9.00165 MHz 1st: 47.25 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W into 4 Ohms 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range XTAL in the 27 MHz band 160-10 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 5 W 100 W on all bands 5 / 20 / 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC 11.7-15.8 V DC
Current RX - 1.8 A 0.5 A
TX ? 20 A max 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 196x in USA Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
140 × 45 × 193 mm
(5.51 × 1.77 × 7.60 in)
Weight ? 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
GPS-receiver
1200/9600bps APRS® (Automatic Packet Reporting System)
Bluetooth
SD-card slot
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000105TRE SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 YAESU-FTM-000100DR/DE