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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup ?
Tuning steps Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 20 & 40 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   CW  
Sensitivity <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
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Selectivity 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz 2.4 kHz ?
Filters - 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ?
Receiver system Double direct conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 20 & 40 m
Modulations CW   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 30-40 W 85-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 35-75Ω 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 12-14V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 850 mA ?
TX ? 18.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
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Weight 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs) 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570) TEN-TEC-OMNI-C TEN-TEC-PM-000003