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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 100 Hz drift per 30 minutes ± .001% (High band) ± .002% (Low-band)
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz incl. WWV 147-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ≥ 0.5 µV (High-band)
≥ 0.35 µV (Low-band)
Selectivity 5 kHz (-50 dB), 1.8 kHz (-6 dB) 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
600 Hz @ -6 dB / 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB with CW filter
± 5 kHz @ 6 dB
± 17 kHz @ 100 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, 8 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3 W 1.5 W @ 10% THD, internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 260 W PEP, CW: 180 W, AM: 80 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50-75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 12 V DC Mains (117 V AC, 60 cycles)
Current RX ? 0.5 A 75 W
TX - 21 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 1975 and 1978 Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 330.2 × 152.4 × 260.35 mm
(13.00 × 6.00 × 10.25 in)
? 330 × 178 × 187 mm
(12.99 × 7.01 × 7.36 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 15.20 kg (33.5 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FR-000050B SOMMERKAMP-FT-000277 HAMMARLUND-MR-000050X