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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
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Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 50/600Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ?
Current RX 30 W @ 110 VAC 2.7 A max ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1963 Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 343 × 149 × 222 mm
(13.50 × 5.87 × 8.74 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP, Twin RX Internal ISA
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000120 ICOM-IC-000756 WINRADIO-WR-001500I