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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? 0.001 % ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity ? ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output ? 2.5 W at 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 28.245-29.655 / 25.615-28.305 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   -
RF-output ? 200 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? 240 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? NB/ANL
Echo chamber
USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 RANGER-RCI-000063FFC2 ELAD-FDM-000077