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HF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-160 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1 / 100 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W 50 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 2 A 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX 3-20 A 22 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 2005 and 200x Between 1966 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
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Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 ICOM-IC-007000 K.W.-ELECTRONICS-VESPA-MARK-I