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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 150 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? ?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 JRC-JST-000135 COMMANDER-000318