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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 30-75.95 MHz in 2 bands ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.50 µV for S+N+D/N+D of 10 dB ?
Selectivity ? 6 dB BW: 32 kHz minimum
60 dB BW: 100 kHz maximum
70 dB BW: 120 kHz maximum
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 4 mW across 1000 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 30-75.95 MHz in 2 bands -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1.6-4.0 W ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Proprietary (military) TV-antenne
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12.5 + 2.5V DC (BA-4386/U, BA-398/U or BA-55984 or a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery cassette) 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
273 × 100 × 273 mm
(10.75 × 3.94 × 10.75 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1840 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Range: 8 km (5 mi) depending on conditions ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 MILITARY-AN/PRC-000770 COMMANDER-000318