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

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 25-550 / 760-1300 MHz 150 kHz- 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ? ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 320 mW requires external speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 1995 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
432 × 191 × 254 mm
(17.01 × 7.52 × 10.00 in)
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 10.40 kg (22.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 6 channels in 1 bank(s)
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
¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Dial Lamp • Antenna Trimmer • RF Gain • ANL • Bandspread • Calibrator 100 kHz² • Mute • MVC/AVC • Standby • Speaker Terminals • BFO • Q-Multiplier • Line Out 500 ohms
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC003000XLT LAFAYETTE-HA-000225