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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Portable Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54.32 MHz 430-440 MHz 0.54-31 MHz in four bands
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10, 11, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m 430-440 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10 W Max 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains Mains (120 V AC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC)
Current RX ? Max 800 mA ?
TX ? Max 3.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1950 and 1955 in USA
Dimensions 324 × 178 × 197 mm
(12.76 × 7.01 × 7.76 in)
241 × 111 × 264 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 10.39 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) 7.20 kg (15.9 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? BFO
Passive AVC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000075 ICOM-IC-000451E HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072R