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The Hammarlund HQ-180A general coverage receiver tunes from 540 to 30000 kHz in six ranges: .54-1.05, 1.05-2.05, 2.05-4.04, 4-7.85, 7.85-15.35 and 15.35-30 MHz. The amateur bands are all bandspread: 3.44-4.04, 6.81-7.3, 13.98-14.425, 20.925-21.6 and 27.89-29.7 MHz. Following on the success of the original HQ-180, the HQ-180A adds: improved mechanical and electrical stability, tunable BFO for CW or fixed BFO for optimum SSB, silicon rectifiers, accessory power supply and 115/230 VAC 50/60 Hz operation. Other enhancements include: antenna trimmer, noise limiter, RF gain, S-meter, stand-by and AVC on/off. This radio does not have a built-in speaker. There are 3.2 ohm speaker terminals on the rear panel. The suggested optional speaker is the S-200
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 11m (CB) 10m
- Frequency stability
- ?
- Tuning steps
- Continuous
- Memories
- None
Receiver
- RX-range
- 0.54-30 MHz
- Modulations
- AM CW SSB
- Sensitivity
- ?
- Selectivity
- ?
- Filters
- ?
- Receiver system
- ?
- IF-frequencies
- ?
- Image rejection
- ?
- Audio output
- ?
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239 + Clamps / screws
- Impedance
- 50Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains
- Current drain RX
- 120W
- TX
- -
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 483 × 267 × 330 mm (19.02 × 10.51 × 12.99 in)
- Weight
- 17.25 kg (38.1 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1959 and 1962 in USA
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- -
- Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 2847
- MPN
- HAMMARLUND-HQ-000180A
Manuals, diagrams and brochures
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- USD 64.00 ~ USD 5.00
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