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HF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 20m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 200 Hz per hour after warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.15-30 / 88-108 MHz 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ? 1 µV for 15 dB S/N
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
? 2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 6 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 2305 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 W into 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - USB  
RF-output 1 / 100 W ? 200 W PEP

Connections

Antenna Proprietary Built-in sweep -
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 12V DC (8 x R20/D batteries) or mains ?
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 3-20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 1978 and 1980 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
452 × 335 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 13.19 × 8.19 in)
?
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Built-in cassette recorder ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 SONY-CRF-000330K HEATHKIT-HW-000032