LHP 219

is a transceiver, built in India by BEL, and sold into the Iraq. With suitable accessories it can be used as portable, mobile or fix station unit.

It is a watertight, solid state, modular radio with digital frequency synthesizer.

The frequency is chosen by five decade switches: 10 MHz, 1 MHz, 100 kHz, 10 kHz, and 1 kHz. The handbook dates from 1987; the year of issue is not known yet.

The range is 25 km with rod antenna, and 250 km by sky wave.

Frequency range:

2 ... 29.999 MHz

HF output:

2 .. 15 MHz: SSB and CW: 15 W, AM: 3.75 W

15 .. 29.999 MHz: SSB and CW: 7.5 W, AM: 1.8 W

Channels:

28.000

Channel spacing:

1 kHz

Frequency control:

Synthesizer

Modes:

A3J (USB) , A3H (AM), A1 (CW)

Sensitivity:

CW / SSB 2 µv at 20 dB

AM 8 µV at 20 dB

Operation:

Simplex

Suggested antennas:

Rod antenna, dipole, long wire

Voltage supply:

21.6 .. 28 V

Power drain:

RX: 125 mA

TX: 2.4 A