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Handheld Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.170-0.4 / 0.54-11.5 MHz in four bands 0.54.32 MHz 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes ? Regenerative
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Built-in 4" speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10, 11, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m -
Modulations - CW   -
RF-output ? 10 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) Mains Mains (110 V AC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1952 in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 196x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
324 × 178 × 197 mm
(12.76 × 7.01 × 7.76 in)
254 × 178 × 127 mm
(10.00 × 7.01 × 5.00 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. cabinet
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
? Bandspread tuning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072L HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000075 LAFAYETTE-EXPLOR-AIR-(KT-000135)