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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
VHF Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-148 MHz 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ? Analogue 12dB SINAD: 0.35 μV 0.22 μV typical
Digital: 5% BER: 0.3 μV
Selectivity ? ? TIA603: 60 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 70 dB @ 25 kHz
TIA603C: 45 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 70 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 500 mW @ 3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   DMR  
RF-output ? 10 W VHF: 1/5 W, UHF: 1/4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 7.2 V DC (1300 or 2200 mAh Li-Ion)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2012 and 201x
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 131.5 × 63.5 × 36.2 mm
(5.18 × 2.50 × 1.43 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-V117 battery
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? IP 57
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 SWAN-(CUBIC)-FM-001210A VERTEX-STANDARD-VXD-000300