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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Marine VHF Transceiver
Mobile quad-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  None  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 156-162 MHz (fixed channels) 26-33 / 47-54 / 108-180 / 320-512 / 750-950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W @ 8 Ohm for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 156-162 MHz (fixed channels) 29 / 50 / 144 / 430 MHz bands
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 W (UHF: 40 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 12/24 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 220 mA 500 mA
TX - 4 A max 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 1969 and 197x in Denmark Between 2013 and 20xx
Dimensions 308 × 155 × 254 mm
(12.13 × 6.10 × 10.00 in)
320 × 220 × 195 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 7.68 in)
140 × 41.5 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.63 × 6.61 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Simplex and duplex operation supported
Distress channel selector (channel 16)
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-MR-000001-'COMANCHE' SAILOR-RT000142 TYT-TH-009800