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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 50 W/35 W, Low: ?/? W 100/100/50/20 W (25/25/12.5/5 W AM)

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 1.6 A
TX - ? Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1994 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 160 × 54 × 205 mm
(6.30 × 2.13 × 8.07 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Detachable front panel. 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX DSP, CTCSS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 KENWOOD-TM-000733E YAESU-FT-000100D