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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Shortwave transmitter
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ? ± 0.005%
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 10-160 m + CB (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options) 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ? 0.5 µV
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -60 dB
? 6-7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m ? 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W (80-15m), 80 W (10m) ? 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? - 70 mA
TX ? ? 80 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 Between 1970 and 1975 in Japan Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
? 343 × 120 × 292 mm
(13.50 × 4.72 × 11.50 in)
Weight ? ? 4.53 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features 100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000102 KENWOOD-T-000599S PRESIDENT-KP-000077