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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  2000m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-0.4 / 2.5-20 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 0.54-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W max ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 100Ω 50/75Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains ?
Current RX ? 32 W ?
TX - 295 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1958 and 196x
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
?
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SPR-000210-LX KENWOOD-TS-000830M GONSET-G-000033