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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Typically less than 500 Hz pr hour after a 30-minute warm-up. Typically less than 150 Hz pr 30 minutes after a 90-minute warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 25 kHz 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 36-76 MHz 30-50 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz
Modulations CW   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
≤ 0.2 µV for readable signal
12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz ?
Selectivity Narrow: 250 Hz maximum at 6 dB.
Wide: 1 kHz maximum at 6 dB.
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Filters Passband 700 Hz (approximate) ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 watt into 8-ohm load 50 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 36-76 MHz -
Modulations CW   N-FM   -
RF-output 4 W (3 W on 10 m) >1 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) TV-antenne + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC 12V DC 12V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? 8-12 W
TX 1 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1991 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1979 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 235 × 108 × 216 mm
(9.25 × 4.25 × 8.50 in)
166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features QSK
WARC option
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000009 RACAL-TRA-000967 REGENCY-TOUCH-K000100