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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 80-6 m, ham bands only 0.54-40 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) 1.5 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 105-130V AC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 1975 and 197x
Dimensions 394 × 220 × 228 mm
(15.51 × 8.66 × 8.98 in)
425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
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Weight ? ? ?
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 ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000155 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RJX-001011D