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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.005%
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 138-174 MHz 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 6-7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? 800 mA max 70 mA
TX - 6 A max 80 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
140 × 50 × 137 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 5.39 in)
343 × 120 × 292 mm
(13.50 × 4.72 × 11.50 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 850 gr (1.9 lbs) 4.53 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 ICOM-IC-000228E PRESIDENT-KP-000077