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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical 100 Hz or less after 30 minutes
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 10 kHz - 30 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N SSB/CW: 0.3µV S/N 10dB or more
AM: 1µV S/N 6dB or more
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.6kHz (-6dB) 1.6kHz (-60dB)
AM: 2.4kHz (-6dB) 4.5kHz (-60dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
9MHz
Image rejection ? 80 dB >60dB
Audio output ? ? 3W (10% distortion)

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 1.6-30 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 150 W 150 W (200 W high power option) SSB/CW: 280W, AM: 80W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-15V DC or mains 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? 70W max
TX ? Max 40 A 320W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 197x in USA Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions ? 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
334 × 322 × 153 mm
(13.15 × 12.68 × 6.02 in)
Weight ? 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000011 SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 NEC-CQ-000110