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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Dual VHF Power Meter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 100 Hz N/A

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 50-175 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output requires headphones / external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-30 MHz 50-175 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 20-32V DC (28V nominal) ?
Current RX 30 W ?
TX 140 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 1979 and 1983 in USA
Dimensions 230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
191 × 108 × 165 mm
(7.52 × 4.25 × 6.50 in)
Weight 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 HEATHKIT-HM-002141