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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80m 88-108 / 136-174 / 350-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S+S/N ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz @ 6 dB (1.8:1 shape factor) 12 kHz @ -6 dB
30 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? 9MHz crystal ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 49.95 MHz / 450 kHz (left band)
38.85 MHz / 450 kHz (right band)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? External speaker required 2W@8Ω for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? SSB: 550 W PEP, CW: 360 W 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 (UHF:40) W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains via CS550 Power Supplier / Speaker unit 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - ? 8.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1969 and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
152 × 280 × 330 mm
(5.98 × 11.02 × 12.99 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 809 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 GALAXY-GT000550 TYT-TH-007800