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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.5-30 MHz 2-1100 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 10 kHz to 500 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? Max 1.5 A ?
TX - Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1964 in USA Between 1992 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 495 × 296 × 406 mm
(19.49 × 11.65 × 15.98 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? Signal strength readout in dBm
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-RX-000001-'MOHAWK' ICOM-IC-000728 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008615