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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 15/20/40 m ?
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB >50 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 15/20/40 m 3.5-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W SSB/CW: 1000 W, AM: 800 W (both input)

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50/75 Ω 50/500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 198x and 198x in Korea Between 1958 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
500 × 750 × 840 mm
(19.69 × 29.53 × 33.07 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 57.00 kg (125.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 BANDO-TECHNIC-000003DP E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-THUNDERBOLT