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HF Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF 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 ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 160-10 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m 10-160 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? <STRONG>15-160 m:</STRONG> Better than 60 dB <STRONG>10 m:</STRONG> Better than 50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 160-10 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m 10-160 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W 100/100/100 W 10 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) 13.8V DC 13.5V DC
Current RX - ? ?
TX 260 W max 23 A max. Max 2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
287 × 123 × 316 mm
(11.30 × 4.84 × 12.44 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF DSP
Built-in RTTY demodulator.
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 ICOM-IC-007400 YAESU-FT-000301SD