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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 10-80 m 30 - 1000 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ? FM, N-FM: 0.7 µV (30-500 MHz), 0.8 µV (500-1000 MHz)
W-FM: 2.0 µV (30-500 MHz), 2.5 µV (500-1000 MHz)
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM-N: 12 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-M: 30 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-W: 230 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 1 / 100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC Mains 12V DC
Current RX 2 A ? 500mA
TX 3-20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
? 164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ? 470 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? USB (1.0 / 2.0) compatible computer connection.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 HEATHKIT-SB-000303 WINRADIO-WR-G000033WSM