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HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 9 / 10 / 100 / 1000 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range - 0.05-35 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity ? AM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? -50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m 10-160 m + WARC 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output 10-20 m: 10 W, 40-80 m: 15 W AM: Max 40 W, FM: Max 50 W, SSB/CW: Max 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (105-125 V AC) 12-16 V DC 12-14 V DC
Current RX - 1.5 A < 500 mA
TX ? 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1947 and 194x in USA Between 1987 and 199x in Japan Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 328 × 188 × 218 mm
(12.91 × 7.40 × 8.58 in)
270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
200 × 40 × 130 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 5.12 in)
Weight 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 31 channels in 1 bank(s) 16000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000017 KENWOOD-TS-000140S MAT-TUNER-MAT-000180H