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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5/100 Hz
1/5/6.25/9/10/12.5/25/50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 530-1605 kHz / 3.9-28 / 87.5-108 MHz 0.01-36 / 48-1750 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB: < 0.1µV (500khz - 500MHz)
AM: 1µV
FM: < 0.3µV (48-860MHz)
FM: < 0.5µV (860-1250MHz)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? SSB: 2.4 kHz Wide AM: 6 kHz Narrow FM: 12.5 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.000 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.1 W @ 10% THD 2W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 150 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6 × C-cells, 9 V DC or mains 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 500mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1998 and 200x in UK
Dimensions ? 291 × 171 × 111 mm
(11.46 × 6.73 × 4.37 in)
205 × 65 × 193 mm
(8.07 × 2.56 × 7.60 in)
Weight ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) including batteries 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories None None 54682 channels in 234 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK ? PC programmable (RS-232)
Remote control
Digital sound recording
Video output
TV sound output
Hamcomm I/F
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000011 SONY-ICF-006500W FAIRHAVEN-RD000500VX