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Portable VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 4 p.p.m. from 1 min. to 60 min. after power on. 25° C: 1 p.p.m./hour ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz (CW/SSB), 100 Hz (AM/FM) ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz/4.5 kHz
AM: 6 kHz/20 kHz
FM: 15 kHz/30 kHz
FM-N: 9 kHz/25 kHz
SSB (option):2.3 kHz/4.7 kHz (-66 dB)
CW (option):500 Hz/2.0 kHz
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Filters ? SSB: 400 Hz-2600 Hz (-6 dB) Lattice-type crystal filter for high selectivity
Receiver system ? Double-Conversion Superheterodyne 7-tubes superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st : 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM);10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 25 dB 60-70 dB ?
Audio output 1 W 1.0 W (8 Ohms, 10% THD or less) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 3 W PEP ±20% 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 60Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 18V DC (4 × 4.5 V batteries) 8NiCd/LR6 or 13.8V DC external Mains
Current RX 55 mA max 250-450 mA ?
TX 125 mA max 2.0 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in W. Germany Between 2000 and 200x Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 186 × 80 × 126 mm
(7.32 × 3.15 × 4.96 in)
135 × 38 × 165 mm
(5.31 × 1.50 × 6.50 in)
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Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) including batteries 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready S-meter
Antenna trimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SEMCOSET-SEMCO YAESU-FT-000817 HEATHKIT-HR-000010B