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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL) -
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) 1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 9.5V DC ?
Current RX ? 68 mA ?
TX ? Max 600 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
?
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Internal ISA-card
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 JIM-MX-000006S WINRADIO-WR-003100I