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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up, less than 2 kHz in first hour of operation ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) 1.2 kHz (-6 dB), 2.4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
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Image rejection 50 dB 50 dB ?
Audio output ? > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.5-15V DC or mains Mains (with PS-510) 13.8 V DC
Current RX Max 750 mA 180 W max 420 mA
TX - 315 W max 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 197x and 19xx Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
330 × 215 × 345 mm
(12.99 × 8.46 × 13.58 in)
175 × 136 × 63 mm
(6.89 × 5.35 × 2.48 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HR-001680 KENWOOD-TS-000510 CRKITS-KN-Q000010A