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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 540-1500 kHz / 1.5-31 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ? 455 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in sweep -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ?V DC Mains
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A ? ?
TX Max 16 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 1976 and 1979 Between 1963 and 1967 in USA
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
460 × 270 × 120 mm
(18.11 × 10.63 × 4.72 in)
343 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.50 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-002100 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000077X