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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile 2m FM-transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) 143.5-148.5 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 2040 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
± 0.15 µV for 12 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD Requires external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 143.5-148.5 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 10 W Max 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC 12.6-16 V DC (HWA-2036-3 Power Supply) ?V DC
Current RX 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby 0.7 A ?
TX - 2.6 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 197x and 197x in USA (late seventies) Between 1982 and 19xx
Dimensions 155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
210 × 70 × 249 mm
(8.27 × 2.76 × 9.80 in)
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Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Unknown

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008600 HEATHKIT-HW-002036 TEN-TEC-CORSAIR