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HF Transceiver
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Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  23cm  ?
Freq. stability Typically less than 500 Hz pr hour after a 30-minute warm-up. Typically less than 150 Hz pr 30 minutes after a 90-minute warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 1260-1300 MHz 5-550 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
≤ 0.2 µV for readable signal
? FM 0.45µV @ 12 dB SINAD
W-FM 1.0µV @ 12 dB SINAD
AM 1.0µV @ 10 dB S/N
Selectivity Narrow: 250 Hz maximum at 6 dB.
Wide: 1 kHz maximum at 6 dB.
? ?
Filters Passband 700 Hz (approximate) ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 watt into 8-ohm load ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 1260-1300 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   -
RF-output 4 W (3 W on 10 m) 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC 13.8V DC 11-16V DC
Current RX ? 180 mA ?
TX 1 A max 850 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1991 in USA Between 1984 and 198x Between 1985 and 199x
Dimensions 235 × 108 × 216 mm
(9.25 × 4.25 × 8.50 in)
158 × 52 × 210 mm
(6.22 × 2.05 × 8.27 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) incl. battery and antenna 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 1984 channels in 62 bank(s) @ 36 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features QSK
WARC option
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000009 KENWOOD-TR-000050 AOR-AR-002500