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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF 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 
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 ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 21-21.5 MHz 160-10m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB   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 1.6-30 MHz 21-21.5 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) SSB: 20 W (PEP), CW: 20 W SSB/CW: 280W, AM: 80W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX ? Max 700 mA 70W max
TX Max 40 A Max 5 A 320W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 1987 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
334 × 322 × 153 mm
(13.15 × 12.68 × 6.02 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HT-000115 NEC-CQ-000110