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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
? ?
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Burndept - -
Impedance 75Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? -
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1963 and 19xx in Japan Between 1968 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
? ?
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 2 channels in bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L STAR-SR-000600 STAR-ST-000200