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Mobile Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
VHF Power Meter

General

HAM bands 80m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-32 MHz in 5 bands 80-10 m 50-160 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity Broadcast band: 10 µV (10 dB SN)
Short wave bands: 2 µV (10 dB SN)
≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ± 3 kHz (-6 dB) SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output 400 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 50-160 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output - 1 / 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in telescopic Proprietary SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC or 6 × C cells 12-16 V DC ?
Current RX 35 mA 2 A ?
TX - 3-20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 197x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 305 × 175 × 254 mm
(12.01 × 6.89 × 10.00 in)
367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
133 × 128 × 165 mm
(5.24 × 5.04 × 6.50 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 1.13 kg (2.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-GC-000001 'MOHICAN' HEATHKIT-HW-000104 HEATHKIT-HM-002102