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Portable AirBand VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 1.25m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 100 kHz Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 220.0 - 389.9 MHz 10-80 m 10-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 5.52 MHz ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output 100 mW Internal speaker 2 W / 3.2 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output - 50-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC / Mains 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 300-500 mA ?
TX - 16 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USSR Between 1975 and 1979 in USA Between 1958 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 290 × 155 × 210 mm
(11.42 × 6.10 × 8.27 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
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Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-USSR R-000871 ATLAS-000210 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000101 MK III