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HF Transmitter
HF Receiver
Desktop HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 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 ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range - 0.01-30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? From 14 MHz up: low
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion, all tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1650 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50/75Ω 60 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains Mains
Current RX - ? ?
TX 260 W max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 198x and 198x (late eighties) in Germany Between 1962 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
448 × 153 × 470 mm
(17.64 × 6.02 × 18.50 in)
?
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Unknown Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 SIEMENS-CHR000531 GONSET-GR-000212