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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Ham-Scan panoramic adapter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Not applicable

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.3-30 MHz in 9 bands HF
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? < 3 µV (15 dB S/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) 50 µV for 1" vertical deflection at full gain
Selectivity ? Continuously variable between 1.3-6 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion below 1.5 MHz / Double conversion above 1.5 MHz ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1.25-1.45 MHz
2nd: 100 kHz
350 kHz
Image rejection ? 0.3-1.5 MHz: >50 dB / 1.5-10 MHz: >70 dB / 10-30 MHz: >50 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains Mains
Current RX ? 85 VA max 40 W max
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1967 and 1973 in Great Britain Between 196x and 196x in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
133 × 187 × 280 mm
(5.24 × 7.36 × 11.02 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) 3.85 kg (8.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000004A EDDYSTONE-000830/7 HEATHKIT-HO-000013