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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 1 ppm 2.5 p.p.m. (10 °C to +60 °C)
Tuning steps ? 0.1 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 2-29.9999 MHz 118-174 / 230-550 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.7 µV for 10 dB SINAD
AM: 3 µV for 10 dB SINAD
AM (10 dB S/N)
118-136 MHz: 1 µV
230-260 MHz: 5.6 µV
260-375 MHz: 1.8 µV

FM/N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-144 MHz: 0.32 µV
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
146-174 MHz: 0.32 µV
230-260 MHz: 1.8 µV
260-400 MHz: 0.56 µV
400-430 MHz: 0.32 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
440-500 MHz: 0.32 µV
500-550 MHz: 0.56 µV

DV (BER 1%)
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
Selectivity ? ? Wide: > 10 kHz/6 dB, < 30 kHz/60 dB
Narrow: > 6 kHz/6 dB, < 20 kHz/60 dB
DV: > 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 75 dB 60 dB
Audio output ? 20 mW max 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-29.9999 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (EU)
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
RF-output ? 20 W PEP 50 / 15 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 20-32V DC 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 1.2 A max
TX - ? 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1968 Between 1976 and 19xx in by Hughes and Tadiran Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
31.75 × 26.67 × 6.66 mm
(1.25 × 1.05 × 0.26 in)
150 × 40 × 172 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 6.77 in)
Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 6.36 kg (14.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in GPS
Micro SD-card slot
D-Star repeater function
Speech synthesizer
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000146 MILITARY-AN/PRC-000140 ICOM-ID-004100A/E