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Handheld Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur Transceiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in four bands 80-10 m + WARC 30 kHz - 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV 10 dB
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output ? ? internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m + WARC 80-6 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W PEP 3-15 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic - SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 700 mA
TX - ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1982 and 1986 Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
? ?
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072 INTRACO-TIIC-I CHINESE-KN-000850