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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? 0.001 % ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 1 µV ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity ? ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) 2.5 W at 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz -
Modulations AM   AM   FM   -
RF-output 5 W 200 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8 V DC 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA max
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 196x Between 200x and 200x Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? 240 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? NB/ANL
Echo chamber
USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000029A-'SIXER' RANGER-RCI-000063FFC2 ELAD-FDM-000077