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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-6 m, ham bands only 0.54-40 MHz 15-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) 1.5 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 15-160 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 105-130V AC 12-14V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 197x and 198x
Dimensions 394 × 220 × 228 mm
(15.51 × 8.66 × 8.98 in)
425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
248 × 95 × 302 mm
(9.76 × 3.74 × 11.89 in)
Weight ? ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Full QSK
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000155 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000151