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HF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.54-40 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ? 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? 2.4 kHz (300/500 Hz optional) + audio filters
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1 / 100 W ? 200 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 105-130V AC 12V DC
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 3-20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 1980 and 1982
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
295 × 120 × 381 mm
(11.61 × 4.72 × 15.00 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ? 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 TEN-TEC-DELTA-(000580)