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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.01% or less 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz (60×500 kHz bands) 0.54-40 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5-30 MHz:
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <1 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.005-0.5 MHz:
25-200 µV (10 dB S/N)
Better than 1-2 µV (10dB S/N) 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity ? 6 positions SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? 200Hz / 5.2kHz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. 1st: ? MHz
2nd: ? MHz
3rd: 230 KHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection 0.5-30 MHz: 80 dB average, 50 dB minimum ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 watts at less than 10% distortion 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna Hi-Z Clamps / screws Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50/300Ω 40-60Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC or mains 115/230 VAC ? Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1972 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 420 × 195 × 320 mm
(16.54 × 7.68 × 12.60 in)
412 × 254 × 276 mm
(16.22 × 10.00 × 10.87 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) ? 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000500 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000109 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500