Built by AWA in the 1970s. It is a HF fully synthesized
transceiver, operating from 2 to 12MHz. It operates CW or
USB, with an AM compatibility mode. A whisper function is
provided for speech modes. A 12 pole crystal filter and
Collins mechanical filters allow variable bandwidth on
receive. The design is fully silicon solid state. The set
can be used as a manpack, ground station or vehicular
installation. The photograph shows the rig in the vehicle
mount, with the antenna tuner at top left and power supply
at top right. The transceiver has an internal NICAD battery,
which is charged by the power supply. Alternatively a 10
channel battery charger can be used. When used as a manpack,
whip antennas with a spring base are used, and are tuned by
the tuner in the radio set. In ground station or vehicular
applications the external ATU can be used to tune a whip,
balanced or wire antennas. My example has an 8ft whip for
manpack use and a 15ft whip with mounting bracket for
vehicular use, as well as wire antennas and a dipole. Output
power is either 1 Watt or 10 Watts PEP.
