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General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in four bands 144-146 MHz (138-174 MHz) 30 kHz - 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.2 µV 10 dB
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 21.8 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? >60 dB 70 dB
Audio output ? 250 mW at 10% distortion internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (138-174 MHz) 80-6 m
Modulations - FM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Medium: 2.5 W, Low: 350 mW 3-15 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic BNC SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 7.2V DC (battery), 5-16V DC (external) 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 13/35 mA (save/stby) 700 mA
TX - Max 950 mA 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 2004 and 2007 in Taiwan Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
55 × 84 × 31 mm
(2.17 × 3.31 × 1.22 in)
?
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 185 gr (6.5 oz) ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072 SOMMERKAMP-TS-000277DX CHINESE-KN-000850