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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
5W Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m - 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ≤ 0.20 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 160-10 m 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) AM: 200 W, SSB/CW: 275 W 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50/600Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains 3.7 V DC, 1200 mAh Li-ion Battery
Current RX ? - 100 mA max
TX ? ? 1 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 1962 and 1965 in USA Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
530 × 290 × 410 mm
(20.87 × 11.42 × 16.14 in)
122 × 60 × 38 mm
(4.80 × 2.36 × 1.50 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 232 gr (8.2 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 129 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? XTAL and VFO PC Software Programmable
Manual Programming
Wire Copy
VOX Function
CTCSS/DCS
Monitor, Reverse Frequency
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 EF-JOHNSON-VIKING-VALIANT-II YANTON-T-000288