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HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 136-524 / 800-1300 MHz (less cellular)
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? Less than 0.16 µV (VHF/UHF)
Selectivity ? ? -6 dB: More than 12 kHz
-40 dB: Less than 28 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double Super Heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 38.85 MHz (VHF), 45.05 (UHF)
2nd: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W 100 W High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) ? 13.8V DC
Current RX - ? 1 A max
TX 260 W max ? 11.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 1982 and 1984 Between 2000 and 200x in Singapore
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
? 140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) ? 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? APRS
Auto repeater offset
Band scope
Built-in TNC 1K2/9K6
DTMF hand mic
DX-info
Dual display
PBBS
Packet 1200/9600 TNC
Remote head
Skycommand System II
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 HEATHKIT-SS-009000 KENWOOD-TM-D000700A