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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 220-225 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity ? ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 220-225 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 1-20 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - SO-239
Impedance 50/600Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 30 W @ 110 VAC 300-800 mA ?
TX - Max 6 A Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1963 Between 198x and 198x Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 343 × 149 × 222 mm
(13.50 × 5.87 × 8.74 in)
162 × 55 × 182 mm
(6.38 × 2.17 × 7.17 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000120 KDK-FM-004033 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)