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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 118-524 / 800-1300 MHz 10-160 m + CB and WWV
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? 145/434 MHz: <0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? -6 dB: More than 11 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 30 kHz
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45.05 MHz (Band A), 49.95 MHz (Band B)
2nd: 455 KHz (Band A), 450 KHz (Band B)
?
Image rejection ? ? Better than 60 dB (15-160 m) Better than 50 dB (10 m)
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 50 / 10 / 5 W SSB: 200 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), AM/FSK: 50 W (input)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.5V DC
Current RX ? 1.2 A max Max 1.1 A
TX - 13 A max Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 2007 and 200x Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
140 × 43 × 142 mm
(5.51 × 1.69 × 5.59 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6, APRS. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 KENWOOD-TM-D000710E YAESU-FT-000301