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HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? ? <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz
Selectivity ? ? 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB typical
Audio output ? ? 1 watt 4 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W ? -

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX - ? 1.5 A
TX 260 W max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 2001 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
? 308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 KENWOOD-JR-000310 TEN-TEC-RX-000350