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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-0.4 / 1-30 MHz 160-10 m 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5µV (10dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 80 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W, external speaker required 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? AM: 300 W, SSB: 570 W (PEP), CW: 570 W

Connections

Antenna - - Clamps / screws
Impedance 500Ω 50Ω 25/100 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 230/115 VAC 105-130V AC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1958 and 1962 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 502 × 286 × 381 mm
(19.76 × 11.26 × 15.00 in)
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Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000002-40CS NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000303 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-001000