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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 80 m 25-550 / 760-1300 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ? ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 320 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 80 m -
Modulations CW   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W 20 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ext or NiCd int.
Current RX 35 mA ? Max 700 mA
TX 450 mA max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1995 and 200x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
? 176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) ? 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 400 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME Weather alert
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Auto-store
Search lockout
Attenuator
Data skip
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 KANTRONICS-KT-000180 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC003000XLT