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HF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? 4 p.p.m. from 1 min. to 60 min. after power on. 25° C: 1 p.p.m./hour Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps Continuous 10 Hz (CW/SSB), 100 Hz (AM/FM) ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-0.4 / 2.5-20 MHz 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz/4.5 kHz
AM: 6 kHz/20 kHz
FM: 15 kHz/30 kHz
FM-N: 9 kHz/25 kHz
SSB (option):2.3 kHz/4.7 kHz (-66 dB)
CW (option):500 Hz/2.0 kHz
AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? SSB: 400 Hz-2600 Hz (-6 dB) ?
Receiver system ? Double-Conversion Superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st : 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM);10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 60-70 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker 1.0 W (8 Ohms, 10% THD or less) 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 100Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 8NiCd/LR6 or 13.8V DC external Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 250-450 mA 90 VA
TX - 2.0 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 135 × 38 × 165 mm
(5.31 × 1.50 × 6.50 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SPR-000210-LX YAESU-FT-000817 EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II