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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Portable Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  20m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 500 cycles drift in first hour, after 15 minutes warm-up, and less than 100 cycles per hour thereafter ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 20-80 m - 180-400 / 540-1600 kHz / 1.8-8 MHz
31, 25, 19 and 16 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 17 tubes ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20-80 m 10-80 m ?
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) 100 W (AM 35 W) ?

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains (117 V AC, 50/60 cycles) ?
Current RX ? - ?
TX ? 350 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1965 and 196x in USA Between 1952 and 1956 in USA
Dimensions ? 333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
43 × 30 × 20 mm
(1.69 × 1.18 × 0.79 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Bandspread
Accessories ? HA-16 VOX ADAPTOR ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000160 HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000046 HALLICRAFTERS-TW-001000