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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 0.153-30 / 87.5-108 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 200 W (70 W AM)

Connections

Antenna - Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep -
Impedance ? ? 20/300 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6V DC Separate PSU
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1961 in USA Between 199x and 200x Between 1964 and 19xx
Dimensions 413 × 241 × 233 mm
(16.26 × 9.49 × 9.17 in)
196 × 125 × 36 mm
(7.72 × 4.92 × 1.42 in)
?
Weight 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) 720 gr (1.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories None 54 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital clock with alarm/timer ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000100C ROBERTS-R-000809 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000400