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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF Lineair Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 70-90 / 144-174 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne XTAL ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz - 143-149 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - All mode  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) ? 10 W @ 1.5 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains ? V DC 12-16 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 40 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 197x and 19xx Between 1974 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
? 95 × 70 × 130 mm
(3.74 × 2.76 × 5.12 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control 8 VHF / 8 UHF channels ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 PUMA-000200 HEATHKIT-HA-000201