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HF Transceiver
Manpack VHF Transceiver
Deluxe HF Antenna Tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Typically less than 500 Hz pr hour after a 30-minute warm-up. Typically less than 150 Hz pr 30 minutes after a 90-minute warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 36-76 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   N-FM   All mode  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
≤ 0.2 µV for readable signal
12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz ?
Selectivity Narrow: 250 Hz maximum at 6 dB.
Wide: 1 kHz maximum at 6 dB.
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Filters Passband 700 Hz (approximate) ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 watt into 8-ohm load 50 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 36-76 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   N-FM   All mode  
RF-output 4 W (3 W on 10 m) >1 W 200 / 2000 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC 12V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 1 A max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1991 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1983 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 235 × 108 × 216 mm
(9.25 × 4.25 × 8.50 in)
166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
368 × 352 × 146 mm
(14.49 × 13.86 × 5.75 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 7.10 kg (15.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1600 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features QSK
WARC option
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000009 RACAL-TRA-000967 HEATHKIT-SA-002060A