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Mobiele VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 150 kHz - 30 MHz
87-108 / 118-137 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity 1 µV SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 750 mW AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 F-type + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 6 V DC
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX ? 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1971 Between 2000 and 200x Between 2010 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
168 × 105 × 28 mm
(6.61 × 4.13 × 1.10 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 345 gr (12.2 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 700 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000030-'TWOER' ICOM-IC-000718 GRUNDIG-G000003