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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 50hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 13 khz @-6db
6.5 khz @-6db
3 khz @-6db
1.2 khz @-6db
300 hz @-6db
100 hz @-6db
2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB
Audio output ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 50-100 W

Connections

Antenna Burndept SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 300-500 mA
TX - 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L ATLAS-000210