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HF Transmitter
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
QRP SDR HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ± 1.5 p.p.m. ± 0.5 p.p.m. with optional TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
Sensitivity ? 29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
≥ -115 dBm / 0.11~0.89 μV
Selectivity ? ? SSB 2.3 kHz (-6 dB)
CW 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W 8 ohm, 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 160-10 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W ? 5-15 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) 12V DC 9-15 V DC
Current RX - ? 450 mA
TX 260 W max - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
215 × 74 × 62 mm
(8.46 × 2.91 × 2.44 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 613 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
Spectrum waterfall display
Noise Reduction
Automatic notch filter
SWR-meter
Supply voltage meter
AF-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008 RISEN-RS-000918SSB